More than 400,000 Americans have been killed by the coronavirus. That's more Americans than were killed in all of World War II, President Biden pointed out this week. He calls his new plan to fight the pandemic a "wartime effort."
The need for more vaccine is a national story, but the wait is especially excruciating in Los Angeles. NPR's Leila Fadelvisited one hospital pushed to the brink, where doctors compare their work to "battlefield medicine."