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As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reach record levels in New Hampshire, a lack of health care workers has put the system at a breaking point.

COVID cases continue to rise in New Hampshire, and it’s putting pressure on the state’s hospital system.

State regulators say that Vermont's hospital system is losing too much money and they want to see major changes to avoid another bankruptcy. At a meeting last week, the Green Mountain Care Board, for the first time, talked about eliminating beds and consolidating some services among the state's 14 hospitals in order to save money. Those suggestions drew swift condemnation from the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems.

Lewis County General Hospital in upstate New York is pausing maternity services later this month after dozens of staff members quit because they refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Ray DeMonia didn't die from COVID-19, but after the 73-year-old experienced a cardiac emergency, he was turned away from dozens of packed ICUs, his family says.

Since January, hospitals were supposed to be disclosing true prices for their services, as a way to empower patients to shop around. Turns out, compliance is spotty and the data can be hard to find.

Researchers have quantified the price paid for fast-spreading COVID-19 infections. Patients who might have survived otherwise perished in crowded ICUs.

Under a rule that kicked in Jan. 1, hospitals must now make public the prices they negotiate with health insurers. But health policy experts have divergent views on what that will mean for patients.

COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to strain U.S. hospitals in certain places, while the burden is easing up in other areas. Look up your local hospital to see how it's faring.

Last spring, nurses and doctors traveled to New York and other COVID-19 hot spots to help overwhelmed hospitals. But with the virus spreading everywhere, hospitals now have nowhere to turn for help.