Medical professionals pronate a 39-year-old unvaccinated COVID-19 patient last month at St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. Kyle Green/AP hide caption
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Medical staff tend to COVID-19 patients at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris in April. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Front-line caregivers wait in line to receive a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine in December at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Loren Holmes/Pool photo/Anchorage Daily News via AP hide caption
A medical worker tests a person for COVID-19 last month in Mobile, Ala. A surge of coronavirus cases in the state has stretched hospital ICUs to capacity, making it difficult for patients with other conditions to find ICU beds. Jay Reeves/AP hide caption
Left: Family physician Dr. E.V. Rapiti is among those prescribing ivermectin to patients for COVID-19 despite no clear evidence it has any effect. Right: Dr. E.V. Rapiti's office entrance in Mitchells Plain, South Africa. Dr. E.V. Rapiti; Eyder Peralta/NPR hide caption
Research Shows This Drug Shouldn't Be Used For COVID-19, But In South Africa Many Do
Weeks after getting sick from COVID-19, Kathleen Hipps is still experiencing symptoms, even though she was fully vaccinated. Kathleen Hipps hide caption
At the region's biggest hospital, Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, 97% of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated and all of the intensive care unit beds are filled. Education Images/Universal Image via Getty Images hide caption
Idaho's Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, But Many Locals Remain Skeptical Of Vaccines
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Idaho's Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, But Many Locals Remain Skeptical Of Vaccines
A "mild" breakthrough COVID-19 infection may not feel mild at all. Towfiqu Barbhuiya/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption
When children and teachers wear masks in class, studies show it limits the spread of the coronavirus. kali9/Getty Images hide caption
Tennessee high school student Grady Knox's speech in favor of masks in schools was interrupted when adults jeered and heckled his remarks. Storyful hide caption
Some leading Democratic lawmakers are accusing Amazon of profiting off the spread of COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation. Michel Spingler/AP hide caption
Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller became sick before she was able to get the COVID-19 vaccine. She spent her final days in the hospital trying to help others avoid the same mistake. atasteofalex/TikTok hide caption
Police officers and forensics investigate the site at a makeshift hospital after a fire in North Macedonia's northwestern city of Tetovo. Visar Kryeziu/AP hide caption
Getting vaccinated during pregnancy is one of the best ways to make sure your vulnerable newborn benefits from your antibodies to the coronavirus, doctors say. ©fitopardo/Getty Images hide caption
An illustration of a coronavirus particle and antibodies (depicted in blue). Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library /Getty Images hide caption
New Studies Find Evidence Of 'Superhuman' Immunity To COVID-19 In Some Individuals
Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug, to treat COVID-19, amid warnings that it can cause harmful side effects and that there's little evidence it helps. Denis Farrell/AP hide caption
A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City this year. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Passengers queue up at Greece's Thessaloniki Makedonia Airport on Sept. 2. Recommendations about physical distancing prove hard to follow at airports — and in the jetway leading to the plane. Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga bows during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Friday, following his announcement that he will not seek reelection for Liberal Democratic Party leadership this month. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A community worker delivered daily necessities to a household in Ruili City in China's Yunnan Province during a July lockdown triggered by COVID cases. Ruili closed off its city proper and asked all residents to quarantine at home. Classes were suspended. Most establishments were closed with the exception of markets, hospitals and pharmacies. Restaurants could only offer takeout food. Wang Guansen/Xinhua /Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption
A school bus drives down a street on the first day of school reopening on December 7, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This undated image provided by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California shows two fake CDC COVID-19 vaccination record cards that are part of a criminal complaint. US Courts/AP hide caption
EMS medics from the Houston Fire Department prepare to transport a 2-year-old girl to a hospital on Aug. 25. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption