Coverage dated January 12, 2022

Biden highlighting federal 'surge' to help weather omicron

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is highlighting the federal government’s efforts to “surge” COVID-19 testing and medical personnel to help overwhelmed medical facilities.

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    Biden highlighting federal 'surge' to help weather omicron (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is highlighting the federal government’s efforts to “surge” COVID-19 testing and medical personnel to help overwhelmed medical facilities.

  2. Health Care Finance News

    Biden announces deployment of six medical teams to states hit hard by COVID-19 (opens Health Care Finance News)

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    Health Care Finance News's feed description

    These add to the more than 800 federal emergency personnel that have been dispatched to 24 states, tribes and territories since Thanksgiving.

  3. Foxla

    Biden to send COVID-19 medical teams to 6 states struggling with omicron surge (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    President Joe Biden is set to announce that additional military medical teams will be deployed to six states struggling with COVID-19 infections.

  4. The Guardian

    Biden to address US Covid response as Omicron causes record hospitalizations – live (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    President to be joined by defense secretary and Fema administrator as variant continues to spread across US – follow all the latest news

  5. Al Jazeera

    Biden announces new measures to combat Omicron threat (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    US Joe Biden President said that teams of military medical personnel would be dispatched to help six hard-hit states.

  6. NBC Los Angeles

    Biden Sending Medical Teams to Overwhelmed Hospitals in 6 States (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Military medical teams will be deployed to Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island as part of a “surge response” to COVID-19.

  7. The Hill

    Biden to send additional medical teams to six states to help with COVID-19 surge (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    President Biden is set to announce Thursday that his administration will deploy additional federal medical teams to six states to help hospitals deal with heightened capacity amid the surge of the omicron coronavirus variant in the U.S.

  8. 21st Century Wire

    Biden to Deploy 'Military Medical Teams' in 6 States to Fight the Alleged 'Omicron Threat' (opens 21st Century Wire)

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    21st Century Wire's feed description

    21WIRE | As the official Covid narrative unravels, the Administration is desperate to give the impression that the country is still in a 'state of emergency.'

  9. FOX 43 York

    Live: Biden highlighting federal 'surge' to help weather omicron (opens FOX 43 York)

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    FOX 43 York's feed description

    Biden plans to send 1,000 military medics to hospitals in six states as part of a step-up of the federal government's omicron response.

  10. Florida Phoenix

    Biden sends medical teams to 6 states, promises more free COVID tests and masks (opens Florida Phoenix)

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    Florida Phoenix's feed description

    WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the federal government will deploy military medical units to six states to assist hospitals overwhelmed with the recent spike of the omicron coronavirus variant.

  11. Fox News

    Biden to send medical teams to 6 states in response to COVID-19 case surge (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The Biden administration will send medical teams to six states to assist overcrowded hospitals and medical professionals as they take on the burdens associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

  12. CBS News

    Biden administration deploying medical teams and procuring 500 million more tests (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The news comes as the COVID-19 Omicron variant sweeps the country.

  13. ABC 12 Flint

    Biden to announce new federal medical team deployments to help hospitals grappling with Covid-19 surge (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    ABC 12 Flint's feed description

    President Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks on Thursday announcing a new wave of federally deployed medical teams to six states to help hospitals combat Covid-19, a White House

  14. WMUR

    Biden announcing new federal medical team deployments to help hospitals grappling with COVID-19 surge (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    The deployments come as the Biden administration faces growing scrutiny alongside record COVID-19 hospitalizations, testing challenges and messaging frustration.

  15. CNN

    Biden announces deployment of federal medical teams to 6 additional states (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have reached a new record high, surpassing the previous peak from January 2021, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Follow here for the latest news updates.

  16. Pennsylvania Capital-Star

    Biden sends medical teams to 6 states, promises more free COVID tests and masks - Pennsylvania Capital-Star (opens Pennsylvania Capital-Star)

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    Pennsylvania Capital-Star's feed description

    More than 120 medical personnel will go to hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Michigan and New Mexico.

  17. The Guardian

    Biden to send military teams to US states struggling with Covid spike (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    President to announce new effort to help hospitals Thursday, as acting FDA chief says most Americans are going to be infected

  18. NBC Los Angeles

    Biden Deploys Military Medical Teams to Hospitals in Six States as Omicron Disrupts Essential Services (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    The federal government will deploy six teams of military medical personnel to hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Michigan and New Mexico.

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