Daily counts of steps taken decreased significantly in the early stages of the pandemic, indicating a drop off in physical activity, a new study suggests.

About 83 percent of Americans said they are no longer delaying visiting a physician due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey shows.

The number of U.S. adults with depression receiving treatment jumped 9 percentage points within a decade, according to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry. 

Some young adults in Tuscaloosa, Ala., are throwing parties where people with COVID-19 attend and the first person to get infected receives a payout, CNN reports.

The novel coronavirus is a "fairly well-behaved virus" that should respond well to an effective vaccine strategy, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in a July 2 hearing. 

Below are five hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief medical officers.

South Florida hospitals have canceled nonemergency surgeries to make room for COVID-19 patients, according to The Miami Herald.

The U.S. reported 52,789 new COVID-19 cases July 1, the largest single-day total since the pandemic began, according to The Washington Post.

Nevada and Idaho have the highest COVID-19 reproduction rate, while Washington, D.C., and Connecticut continue to have the lowest, according to rt.live. 

There are 38 states where new cases of COVID-19 are rising, one state where they are falling and 11 states where the number of cases is stabilizing in the U.S., as of 7:27 a.m. CDT July 2, according to The New York Times.

Texas' surge in COVID-19 cases is straining hospitals in the Houston area, and internal memos show some are running low on beds and a crucial COVID-19 treatment this week, according to joint reporting from NBC News and ProPublica. 

In June, the U.S. reported more than 800,000 new cases of COVID-19, data compiled by The Washington Post shows.

For six weeks in early March, 911 calls for emergency medical services in the U.S. declined, but cases where people died after calling increased exponentially, indicating the emergencies were more serious, a new study shows.

The Texas Medical Association is asking the Republican Party of Texas to reconsider holding its state convention — where it is a sponsor — as an in-person event in an indoor venue that can seat thousands, a letter obtained by Becker's Hospital Review shows.

As states begin to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic and hospitals ramp up elective surgeries, it is crucial hospitals do all they can to strengthen and improve postoperative outcomes. As a result, more hospitals are exploring or have implemented enhanced recovery protocols. These protocols are designed to help reduce the stress on a patient’s body and enable faster recovery after surgery by reducing opioid use, reducing surgical site infections, reducing hospital length of stay and improving overall postoperative outcomes which can ultimately lead to lower hospital costs.

Asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers may be just as infectious as those displaying symptoms, a study accepted for publication in Nature found.

The U.S. reported more than 48,000 new COVID-19 cases June 30, representing the largest single-day increase during the pandemic and the fourth record-setting day seen in the last week, according to The New York Times.

The European Union is set to reopen its borders July 1, but most travelers from the U.S. will not be allowed to enter, NBC News reports.

Though coronavirus cases in New York and New Jersey appear to be stable per a New York Times dashboard, the states' governors said they may change their plans for reopening as other states see significant spikes in cases, The Times reports.

Results from six antibody testing sites in the U.S. suggest that current COVID-19 case numbers reflect a severe undercount, according to CDC data released June 26.