Public Health

The World Health Organization has confirmed the potential emergence of a new variant, dubbed deltamicron or deltacron — a combination of delta and omicron.

The rate of new COVID-19 cases involving the omicron subvariant BA.2 appears to be slowing in the U.S., according to variant proportion estimates from the CDC.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige on March 8 announced the state would lift its universal indoor mask mandate March 26, making it the final state to do so, The New York Times reports. 

As the global COVID-19 death toll passes 6 million, an infectious disease specialist discussed the possibility — and likelihood — of COVID-19 becoming endemic.

Florida will soon advise against COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children, making it the first state to go against CDC guidance.

Flu hospitalizations in the U.S. rose for the fourth week in a row, as of Feb. 26 CDC data. 

The nation's COVID-19 vaccination campaign has hit a slump on the heels of the omicron surge, with daily vaccinations down nearly 47 percent this week compared to a week prior, according to the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published…

The U.S. continues to report sporadic flu activity, with levels rising in some areas, according to the CDC's FluView report published March 4.

UntiedHealth Group is making a pair of $500,000 donations through its philanthropic arm to organizations that will support Ukrainians during the country's invasion by Russia. 

More than 90 percent of the U.S. population now lives in an area with low or medium COVID-19 community level, indicating masks are not needed, according to a March 3 update from the CDC.