Public Health

About 50 people at a vaccination site in Florida falsely claimed they were healthcare workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, prompting the Federal Emergency Management Agency to meet with staffers to reinforce protocols, FEMA spokesperson Marty Bahamonde told CNN. 

The number of flu cases reported by public health labs remains unusually low, according to the CDC's FluView report for the week ending Feb. 27.

The seven-day average number of COVID-19 vaccines administered daily was 2 million as of March 4, a 36 percent increase from the previous week's average, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review published March 5.  

Individuals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely gather with small groups from other households without masks or physical distancing, even if those people haven't been vaccinated, according to CDC guidance updated March 8.  

New COVID-19 cases in the U.S. fell for the ninth consecutive day March 7, according to a seven-day moving average tracked by The New York Times. 

The stress and isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to worsening symptoms among those with eating disorders, CBS News reported March 5. 

About 16.3 percent of young people in Mississippi may have been infected with COVID-19 by mid-September of last year, according to the CDC's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published March 5. 

A month ago, the daily number of U.S. COVID-19 deaths reported was more than twice as high as it currently is, reports The COVID Tracking Project.   

Researchers found a significant increase in loneliness and a decrease in feelings of friendship during the pandemic, with disproportionate negative effects among women and those with poorer health, according to a study published Feb. 20 in Social Science & Medicine.

UCHealth Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Hospital donated an ambulance to a local non-profit, which it  will use for providing food to rural areas, local FOX affiliate KDVR reported March 3.