Public Health

U.S. life expectancy fell by nearly two years between 2018 and 2020, researchers estimate in a study published June 24 in The BMJ.

Nearly 17 million people — about five times more than official counts — may have had undiagnosed COVID-19 infections in the U.S. during the first few months of the pandemic, according to research published June 22 in Science Translational Medicine.

New York City residents can now get inoculated against COVID-19 from the comfort of their own home, Mayor Bill de Blasio said June 23. 

Currently, there's not enough data to recommend COVID-19 booster shots for the general population, the CDC's vaccine safety group said during a June 23 meeting. 

Across the board, national COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations, cases and vaccinations are all dropping, reports The New York Times.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are up 210 percent in Greene County, Mo., since June 1, CBS News reported June 23. Cases there have been largely driven by the highly transmissible delta variant. 

The COVID-19 pandemic may be linked to one of the lowest annual U.S. birth rates reported in decades, according to a new CDC report. 

More than 28,000 cases of mucormycosis, a deadly infection known as "black fungus," have been reported among COVID-19 patients in India. For hundreds, the only treatment option has been eye removal, The Washington Post reported June 23. 

Missouri has the highest seven-day COVID-19 case rates per 100,000 people as of June 22, according to the CDC.

India has classified a new "delta plus" COVID-19 strain as a "variant of concern," the British Broadcasting Corporation reported.