How Are Rural Hospitals Faring Amid The Delta Variant?
A hospital in Springfield, Missouri, was forced to reopen its COVID unit this summer.

Long COVID patients use experimental shot for sense of smell issues
People are traveling from around the world to a Texas center that is testing a pain medication injection as a way to treat loss of smell from COVID.
By Scripps News
Why COVID vaccine outreach is still critical in 2023
Pharmacists are working to get the COVID vaccine to communities that may not have easy access to a pharmacy.
By Scripps News
US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans
The FDA proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to combat COVID.
By Rogelio V. Solis / APTop Stories

Protests erupt following release of video of Tyre Nichols' beating
The protesters said they intend to remain peaceful, but they wanted to express their support for Nichols and their disgust for the police.
By Gerald Herbert / AP
Minnesota man builds impressive 30-foot-tall snowman in his yard
It's so big that his nose is a traffic cone!
By Scripps News
Tyre Nichols remembered as beautiful soul with creative eye
Tyre Nichols died after an encounter with police in Memphis after they pulled him over on Jan. 7.
By Nichols family / AP