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WATCH ABOVE: Governor JB Pritzker and heath officials are expected to give a daily update on the COVID-19 pandemic at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday CHICAGO — The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations reported …

Ines Hassan writes that criticism of the speed of the UK’s Covid-19 vaccine approval fails to fully consider the rigorous yet efficient review process conducted by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

As cases soar in Texas, hospitals are filling up from El Paso to Lubbock. The Big Bend region is especially vulnerable, with just one hospital for 12,000 square miles.

With a rising tide of Covid-19 patients threatening to overwhelm hospitals, public health officials across the United States are reaching for a safety valve that the Northeast used in the spring: borrowing beds in children’s hospitals to care for adults.

The virus has spared no community in Rhode Island, but Latinos living in the cities have been hit the hardest.

Following an employee complaint, Michigan’s House of Representatives is being investigated for alleged coronavirus safety breaches, but state senators will continue to meet.

There is positive news ahead of Thursday’s Food and Drug Administration meeting to debate the use of COVID-19 vaccines and whether the shots are ready for wide-spread distribution.

Erika Becerra, 33, was intubated almost immediately after she gave birth to her first son, Diego. Her brother said she never got to hold the boy.

Twenty-one people with COVID-19 were on ventilators and 35 intensive care unit beds were available across the state.

A majority of hospital nurses said they had never been tested for the coronavirus, according to a recent survey. Hospitals say they are simply following the CDC’s guidance.