Public Health

As the country copes with the destruction of Hurricane Ida, the payer world is also reacting to the natural disaster. 

On Sept. 3, the White House laid out a $65 billion plan to help fight the next public health threats after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, CNBC reported.

A three-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen could replace the current two-dose regimen required to be considered fully vaccinated with Pfizer's and Moderna's mRNA shots, according to the White House chief medical advisor. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations decreased slightly in the week ending Aug. 31, though reported cases and deaths are still increasing nationwide, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review published Sept. 3.

The shame and contempt that shadows some discourse surrounding COVID-19 deaths among unvaccinated Americans isn't helping anyone, writes Elizabeth Bruenig of The Atlantic.

If the U.S. had reduced its incarceration rate during the pandemic, millions of COVID-19 infections could have been prevented, according to study findings published Sept. 2 in JAMA Network Open.

UC San Diego Health reported a significant rise in staff members testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this summer, even with 87 percent of its workforce being fully vaccinated as of July, according to a research letter published Sept. 1 in…

As the delta variant continues to spread, child COVID-19 cases are up, data from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows.

As COVID-19 surges across the nation, some hospitals are hitting capacity, setting up overflow units and tents to meet patient demand.

A large, randomized study from Stanford (Calif.) Medicine and New Haven, Conn.-based Yale offers the strongest evidence yet that wearing surgical masks can reduce community spread of COVID-19.