While this marks an increase of 29.6%, it is lower than the 150,650 weekly hospitalizations at the peak of the omicron wave during the 2021-22 season.
Experts believe the number of people losing their jobs over vaccine refusal will grow following the new federal deadline for two-thirds of the country's workforce.
A new, less expensive, at-home COVID test is on the way. With kids back in school and the holidays approaching, experts believe they will be in very high demand.
The report argues there isn't strong enough data to warrant booster shots are needed for the general population already vaccinated, citing the vaccine's efficacy is still high enough to prevent severe disease and death.
In a study of more than 350,000 from villages across Bangladesh, Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers found that wearing masks helped reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Doctors want people who are about to take an at-home COVID-19 test to report results to a doctor regardless of the result.