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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2021, file photo, a visitor receives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Tokyo Vaccination Center at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. In a new government policy that was debated in parliament on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, coronavirus patients with moderate symptoms will isolate at home instead of in hospitals, as new cases surge in Tokyo to record levels during the Olympic Games. (Stanislav Kogiku/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan to limit hospital care as COVID-19 cases hit new high

By Mari Yamaguchi Aug. 04, 2021 05:51 AM EDT

People wearing face masks chat before parting at a train station in Tokyo, Friday, July 9, 2021. A state of emergency began Monday, July 12, 2021, in Tokyo, as the number of new cases is climbing fast and hospital beds are starting to fill just 11 days ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Explainer: How will the virus emergency affect the Olympics?

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 12, 2021 04:38 AM EDT

Shizue Akita, left, who died of COVID-19 at an Osaka hospital on May 13, 2021, and her husband Yukihiko Akita smile at Yukihiko's birthday party in Tondabayashi, western Japan, November 2019. As she struggled to breathe, Shizue Akita had to wait more than six hours while paramedics searched for a hospital in Osaka that would treat her worsening COVID-19. When she finally got to one that wasn’t overwhelmed with other patients, doctors diagnosed severe pneumonia and organ failure and sedated her. Akita, 87, was dead two weeks later. (Kazuyuki Akita via AP)
'Like hell:' As Olympics loom, Japan health care in turmoil

By Mari Yamaguchi And Kantaro Komiya May. 21, 2021 12:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2020, file photo, a worker walks through the athletes village for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo. Tokyo’s governor is considering the possibility of using the unfinished Olympic Athletes Village as a temporary hospital for coronavirus infected patients. The massive village on Tokyo Bay could house up to 18,000 people during the Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Athletes Village for Olympics could house virus patients

By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade Apr. 03, 2020 05:04 AM EDT

Members of cleaning crew wearing protective masks and suits disinfect a bus as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, in Mexico City, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Mexico has started taking tougher measures against the new coronavirus, but some experts warn the country is acting too late and testing too little to prevent the type of crisis unfolding across the border in the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
26 infected with coronavirus at Mexico hospital; doctor dead

By Christopher Sherman Apr. 02, 2020 08:34 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks in Rapid City, S.D. Noem on Thursday, April, 2, 2020, said she was activating the National Guard to set up temporary hospitals in Sioux Falls and Rapid City. (Jeff Easton/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)
South Dakota Gov. tasks National Guard to expand hospitals

By Stephen Groves Apr. 02, 2020 05:46 PM EDT

Roofers work on removing and placing new shingles in Warren, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Michigan virus cases clear 10,000; peak still weeks away

By David Eggert And Corey Williams Apr. 02, 2020 04:10 PM EDT

In a photo provided by Sanford Health, Dr. Jim Buhr, left, and Dr. Misty Anderson of Sanford Health in Valley City, N.D., pose for a photo Thursday, April 2, 2020. The 74-year-old Buhr is delaying his retirement in order to help the small hospital deal with possible COVID-19 cases. He said that while his age puts him at greater risk than the 38-year-old Anderson, he wants to help to protect younger workers. (Sanford Health via AP)
North Dakota recruits health workers for worst-case scenario

By Dave Kolpack Apr. 02, 2020 04:04 PM EDT

Amid litigation, milestone hit in ER boarding crisis

By Holly Ramer Apr. 02, 2020 03:06 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire accomplished a major mental health care milestone last week when for the first time in eight years, no one was waiting in a...

A man works to complete the infrastructure at the field medical station set up at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J., Thursday, April 2, 2020. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy toured the medical station that is expected to open early next week. It is slated to field non-coronavirus cases. It's one of four such facilities that are supposed to open in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey's COVID-19 death rate spikes, totaling 537

Apr. 02, 2020 03:00 PM EDT

A new AP-NORC poll finds majorities of Americans are concerned that the coronavirus outbreak will hurt the economy and small businesses. A much smaller segment are concerned about large companies.;
AP-NORC poll: Widespread support for virus relief package

By Emily Swanson And Josh Boak Apr. 02, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (36) reacts to a call during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets in Boston. Celtics guard Marcus Smart says he has been cleared by medical officials after testing positive for the new coronavirus earlier this month. In a message posted late Sunday, March 29, 2020, on Twitter, Smart says he was informed of the news Friday by the Massachusetts Department of Health. He thanked everyone for their support. “Stay safe and stay together _ apart!” Smart wrote.(AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
The Latest: US Open tennis site to house temporary hospital

Mar. 30, 2020 09:06 AM EDT