For the first time since Oct. 22, no state is reporting more than 400 COVID-19 hospitalizations per million people, reports The COVID Tracking Project. 

Infection preventionists cited the COVID-19 vaccines' quick market entry as the most common reason other healthcare workers have been hesitant to get vaccinated, according to a Feb. 10 survey from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University has released a proposal meant to guide officials working to advance equity in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. 

Scripps Health and the County of San Diego will open a COVID-19 vaccination site at Del Mar (Calif.) Fairgrounds Feb. 12.

Double masking or knotting and tucking a single medical procedure mask helps prevent air leakage and improve mask performance, according to the CDC's Feb. 10 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 

Hospitals nationwide have reported a spike in alcohol-related admissions for serious liver disease, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The Joint Commission issued an advisory Feb. 9 on promoting safe, equitable care during the pandemic.

The FDA updated guidelines on the use of ventilator tubing connectors, or ventilator splitters, based on a recent literature review in a Feb. 9 letter.

COVID-19 death averages are trending downward in every major U.S. region, reports The COVID Tracking Project.  

Parents' hesitancy surrounding the human papillomavirus vaccine grew from 50.4 percent in 2012 to 64 percent in 2018, despite more providers recommending the HPV vaccine to their adolescent patients, according to research published in the February edition of Pediatrics.

Intermountain Healthcare has updated its mammography guidelines for women who plan to or have already received a COVID-19 vaccine, the health system said Feb. 9.

Facebook plans to remove posts that contain false claims about vaccines, the social media giant said Feb. 8.

Side effects appear to be more common after the second dose for both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

A patient who tested negative for COVID-19 twice in 24 hours is likely the source of Brigham and Women's Hospital COVID-19 outbreak involving more than 50 people last fall, researchers said in an analysis published Feb. 9 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

President Joe Biden's administration may soon require a negative COVID-19 test for all domestic air travelers, according to Pete Buttigieg, transportation secretary, CNN reported Feb. 9. 

Seattle-based University of Washington School of Nursing is launching the Center for Antiracism in Nursing, citing the role nurses play in the health of individuals and communities affected by racial inequity.

After spending time in hospitals, markets and laboratories in Wuhan, China, the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus shared findings from their initial data during a Feb. 9 news conference. 

In the last week, COVID-19 hospitalization averages have dropped 10 percent or more in 40 states, reports The COVID Tracking Project.  

State officials shouldn't lift COVID-19 restrictions as variant cases in the U.S. increase, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said during a Feb. 8 White House news briefing.

New York City will open a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Citi Field in Queens Feb. 10, Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a Feb. 8 media briefing.