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Hospitals now feel widespread pressure as their intensive care units fill up with COVID-19 patients.

Employers could use the information to compare what they shell out for health care to what others get billed for the same services at the same hospitals.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to strain U.S. hospitals. NPR built a tool to explore trends around the country. Look up your local hospital to see how it's faring.

The University of Kansas Health System says it could begin administering a COVID-19 vaccine by Friday, which a doctor hopes will be a "game-changer" in the fight against the pandemic.

The increases come amid worker shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It's has strained hospitals’ capacity and word down employees.

Missouri health officials say they anticipate that long-term care facility residents and staff, and health care workers could get the vaccine by the end of January. Kansas City hospitals are seeking more of an antibody therapy in hopes of keeping COVID-19 patients out of their dwindling number of hospital beds.

Most of the patients who are turned away are from rural areas with no mask mandates, said Dr. Heather Harris, Hays Medical Center's medical director.

After COVID-19 cases stabilized over the weekend, Kansas City health experts are asking those who traveled during the Thanksgiving holiday to quarantine and get tested.

Competition for traveling nurses by all accounts is intense right now, with no signs of easing.

Patients sliding downhill can lose precious hours while smaller hospitals place call after call to larger facilities looking for ICU openings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Studies suggest that even if you go to a hospital in your insurance network to get care, there's a good chance you'll find out afterward that a third-party outside your network has the right to bill you, too.

Death rates dropped when Kansas shut down large swaths of its economy in late March, but a sharp increase in hospitalizations this month could change that.