Public Health

COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in some regions of California, with areas where there are lower vaccination rates recording hospitalization spikes, and COVID-19 admissions ticking up even in places with relatively high vaccination rates, The Los Angeles Times reported Nov. 9.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a statewide advisory Nov. 5, citing increasing COVID-19 cases and dwindling hospital bed capacity. 

COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in Montana in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer, according to an Oct. 22 report from the state's Department of Public Health and Human Services cited by the Flathead Beacon.

Daily COVID-19 vaccinations jumped 55 percent this week compared to last, while cases declined nationwide for the seventh consecutive week, according to the CDC's COVID data tracker weekly review published Nov. 5.

Women in the U.K. who received the HPV vaccine as adolescents reduced their risks of cervical cancer by nearly 90 percent, a study published Nov. 5 in The Lancet found. 

Washington, D.C., and New Mexico were reporting moderate flu activity for the week ending Oct. 30, according to data from the CDC's FluView report published Nov. 5.

New Mexico, Arizona and Nebraska are reporting the highest 14-day increases in new COVID-19 cases, according to Nov. 5 data from state and local agencies, as cited by The New York Times.

The National Institutes of Health has started collecting data for one initiative in their All of Us project research program, which aims to shed light on social determinants of health.

An estimated 20,160 people died in motor vehicle traffic accidents in the first half of 2021, according to statistical projection data published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

More than 28 million extra years of human life were lost in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a BMJ study published Nov. 3.