Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Now they're facing abrupt cuts. As Covid hospitalizations stabilize and federal and state funding dries up, contracts that were plentiful and lucrative are vanishing. NBC News

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What will COVID look like this summer? Health experts say the virus won't be endemic, yet. The past two summers saw increased cases, hospitalizations and death, but health experts say this summer may be different. YahooNews

The past two pandemic summers saw a spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and death, but this season may be different.

U.S. to ask world for more on global Covid fight as its own cash dwindles Ahead of the summit, some officials worry the Biden administration’s effort is hobbled by a lack of additional pandemic response funding. YahooNews

The White House is hosting a global Covid response summit this week — but the U.S. isn't currently prepared to bring significant new money to fight the virus worldwide, according to two people familiar with the preparations.

Coronavirus wave this fall and winter could potentially infect 100 million, White House warns The Biden administration is issuing a new warning that the US could potentially see 100 million Covid-19 infections this fall and winter, as officials publicly stress the need for more funding from Congress to prepare the nation. Kaitlan Collins, CNN CNN

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Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile — an older white male with chronic health problems — mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years . AP NEWS

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The pandemic has generated gigabytes of data that make clear which U.S. groups have been hit the hardest. More than 700,000 people 65 and older died. Men died at higher rates than women.

CDC: COVID Boosters Blunted Omicron's Effect on Nursing Homes Residents with a booster more protected than those with only a primary series Molly Walker medpagetoday

An additional booster dose of COVID vaccine helped substantially reduce the rate of infection in nursing home residents during the Omicron wave compared with a primary series alone, researchers found.

Prisons didn’t prescribe much Paxlovid or other Covid-19 treatments, even when they got the drugs Federal prisons used just a fraction of the antiviral drugs they were allocated to keep incarcerated people from getting seriously ill or dying of Covid-19, according to new internal records from the Bureau of Prisons. Nicholas Florko STAT

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COVID-19: 'We might not be in a great spot in the fall': Moderna CEO

While the U.S. waits on funding and for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide on which virus strain to attack through boosters, Moderna and other vaccine companies are anticipating waning immunity to become a concern.

"This virus is not getting less infectious," Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel told Yahoo Finance. "As you see more and more infectious variants ... We are not done with this virus mutating," he said.

The biggest risk in the fall, if boosting is delayed, is the potential for hospitals to fill up with those that are the most vulnerable all over again, Bancel said.

The increased circulation from the intersection of waning immunity and a more transmissible variant, as is being observed with more Omicron subvariants in the U.S. and abroad, is the real risk, he said.

"We have a risk in the fall — if we don't have the booster campaign early enough —that we might not be in a great spot in the fall," Bancel said.

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COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19. AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19.

FDA restricts J&J's COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots. The Food and Drug Administration said the shot should only be given to adults who cannot receive a different vaccine or specifically request J&J's vaccine. AP NEWS

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Fauci: Areas like Michigan still faces severe problem of misinformation and disinformation on COVID-19 » WDET 101.9 FM The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says inaccurate data spreads faster over the internet than solid reporting about vaccines. Quinn Klinefelter WDET 101.9 FM » Detroit's NPR Station

The chief medical adviser to the White House says Michigan is battling more than COVID-19 – it’s fighting bad information about the virus.