Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots.

The omicron surge this winter has not only swamped U.S. hospitals with record numbers of patients with COVID-19, it has also caused frightening moments and major headaches for people trying to get treatment for other ailments.

Many hospitals and clinics are still infusing the costly treatments—often charging hundreds of dollars a session—that public health officials now say are almost certainly useless.

Clinicians should work to better articulate patient medical barriers rather than relying on common negative descriptors in patient EHRs, a report concluded, leading providers to wonder how to combat it.