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The delta coronavirus variant, which the CDC estimates is about 60 percent more transmissible, now accounts for 20 percent of all new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. — up 10 percentage points from about two weeks ago, according to the…

COVID-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. are falling among young adults, who are already the group least likely to be vaccinated, according to CDC research published June 21.

Aetna, a payer owned by CVS Health, has launched a specialty provider network focused on suicide prevention. 

The delta coronavirus variant likely will become predominant in the U.S. within weeks, according to an analysis published June 21 by preprint server medRxiv.

Medicaid enrollment reached an all-time high of 74 million members during the pandemic, a result of a rule change featured in Congress' first coronavirus relief law last year, according to The Washington Post.

COVID-19 was linked to brain tissue loss in a U.K. brain imaging study, according to early findings published June 15 in the preprint server medRxiv. 

More than two-thirds of parents and unpaid caregivers reported adverse mental health symptoms during the pandemic, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published June 18. 

Virginia's overfilled and understaffed state mental health hospitals are seeking federal funding support, The Washington Post reports.

The national COVID-19 hospitalization rate is 5 per 100,000 people, The New York Times reported. 

The CDC designated the delta variant of the coronavirus — first identified in India — as a "variant of concern" June 15, reigniting attention on the race between vaccines and coronavirus variants.