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Colorado plans to expand hospital capacity and staffing amid an ongoing surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations that could surpass a record high for the state set in 2020, Gov. Jared Polis told a pandemic task force Wednesday.

Gov. Jared Polis hopes giving out more COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will keep more people out of hospitals, which public health officials fear could run out of beds by the end of December.

Almost one-third of hospitals in Colorado are predicting shortages of ICU beds in the week ahead. In a press conference Friday, state COVID incident commander Scott Bookman confirmed hospitals are reaching a breaking point.

After hitting a spike in September, coronavirus cases across the country have been on the decline. Yet Colorado is among several states bucking the trend. Armed with a range of trend charts, state health officials point to a "stubborn plateau.鈥�

Colorado's health department is recommending that people who received their COVID-19 vaccines at the Dr. Moma Health & Wellness Clinic in Colorado Springs get revaccinated after a state investigation found the facility improperly stored and handled vaccine doses.

Biden's comments 鈥� made as officials try to convince Americans to get a new booster shot and the White House seeks $22 billion in new COVID funding 鈥� were "unfortunate," several epidemiologists said.

They argue the threat posed by COVID has lessened because of preexisting immunity and access to treatment. Plus, some deaths may be incorrectly blamed on COVID. Others caution it's too soon to tell.

A new study suggests that. yes, there are superdodgers. But explaining why they've been able to avoid the virus is a bit complicated.

Sikhulile Moyo led the team that first identified omicron 鈥� and was dismayed by the world's reaction 鈥� blaming and blacklisting African nations. He's now a bit more optimistic.

People can get the Moderna booster if they're 18 or older, and the Pfizer-BioNTech version if they're 12 and up. In both cases, they must wait at least two months since their last COVID vaccine.

The inventors of Corbevax said it was cheap, easy to make, effective and safe. They hoped it could bring vaccine equity to countries that can't access costlier shots. Has it lived up to its promise?