Public Health

Huntington, W.Va., and the surrounding Cabell County began arguments May 3 for a federal trial in which they are seeking more than $1 billion from opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, McKesson and Cardinal Health.

While many hospitals were filled with older adults early in the pandemic, now a growing proportion of patients with severe cases are adults under 40 or 50 years old, NPR reported May 1. The proportion of U.S. cases involving children…

Early in the COVID-19 crisis, herd immunity, occurring when most of a population has immunity based on prior infection or vaccination, was considered a way out of the pandemic. Now, experts are saying such a threshold is unattainable, The New…

The nation's seven-day average of new COVID-19 hospitalizations fell the week of April 21-27 after rising for a month, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review published April 30.

Fairbanks (Alaska) Memorial Hospital has hit a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, with the city's positivity rate doubling since March, according to The New York Times. 

The U.S. will limit travel from India beginning May 4, the White House announced April 30. 

The FDA said April 30 it has approved a higher dose of naloxone nasal spray to treat opioid overdose. 

The Transportation Security Administration has extended a federal mandate that requires people to wear masks on public transportation through Sept. 13.

At least 11 people died from carbon monoxide poisoning during the weeklong Texas power outage, according to a review of state hospital data by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News. 

Michigan's new four-step reopening plan depends on the state's COVID-19 vaccination rate progress, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced April 29.