Public Health

Trained scent detection dogs screening for those with COVID-19 showed similar or better success rates than standard polymerase chain reaction tests, according to findings from a literature review published in the February issue of Journal of Osteopathic Medicine.

Ten known flu hospitalizations were reported for the week ending Feb. 6, according to the CDC's FluView report published Feb. 12. 

Health officials are worried the three-day annual Cheersports Nationals cheerleading competition expected to draw 40,000 people could turn into a COVID-19 superspreader event, NBC News reported Feb. 11. 

Three states — Louisiana, New York and South Carolina — are reporting more than 500 new daily COVID-19 cases per million residents, reports The COVID Tracking Project.  

Two people were injured in a Feb. 11 shooting at New Orleans-based University Medical Center, reports CBS affiliate WWL-TV.

Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses increased 29 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to research recently published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Massachusetts updated its COVID-19 vaccine eligibility rules Feb. 10, allowing companions of people age 75 or older visiting mass vaccination sites to also receive the vaccine. Now, some residents are turning to Craigslist to try to take advantage of the…

Obesity contributes to between 30 percent and 53 percent of new diabetes cases in the U.S. each year, according to research published Feb. 10 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. 

COVID-19 vaccination efforts will greatly accelerate this spring, and most Americans could be able to start receiving their first doses by April, Anthony Fauci, MD, said in a Feb. 11 interview with NBC's Today.

President Joe Biden's administration said it's working to build two mass COVID-19 vaccination centers in New York and three in Texas, CNBC reported Feb. 10.