Below are eight national COVID-19 trends as of Aug. 17, per The New York Times.
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Hospitals didn't see a sharp increase in healthcare utilization because of pent-up demand for deferred care in the last year, according to an Aug. 17 analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Epic Health Research Network.
The true prevalence of breakthrough COVID-19 cases is difficult to track due to a lack of comprehensive testing and surveillance, but a new analysis from The Wall Street Journal suggests infections among fully vaccinated people are still very rare —…
COVID-19 hospitalizations among Americans under age 50 have increased, setting a pandemic record, both with children and 18- to 49-year-olds, according to the latest CDC data and The New York Times.
Professional organizations representing thousands of infection preventionists, epidemiologists, infectious diseases physicians and other clinicians nationwide are calling on U.S. governors to help protect the public from COVID-19.
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A 7-year-old boy in Tehama County, Calif., died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, a rare brain-eating amoeba, CBS News reports.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is opening its second field hospital in a parking garage as the Jackson-based system sees a surge in COVID-19 patients, according to Mississippi Today.
More than 1,900 children in the U.S. were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Aug. 14 — a record high since the start of the pandemic, CNBC reported.
For the first time since mid-February, the U.S. is responsible for more than one-fifth of all COVID-19 cases reported worldwide, according to USA Today's analysis of data from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University.
Nashville, Tenn.-based hospitals are running low on beds, staff and morale, reports The Tennessean.