Public Health

Most Americans who haven't been vaccinated say they don't have enough information about where and when they'll be able to get vaccinated, according to Kaiser Family Foundation's latest COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey report published Jan. 22.

Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles announced in December that it is shutting down March 31, but a recent deal could allow the hospital to stay open to help treat COVID-19 patients, according to Los Angeles Daily News. 

There is some evidence that the coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. could be more deadly than the original strain, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Jan. 22, reports CNBC. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health launched two major initiatives this week to vaccinate its local community against COVID-19.

Overall, 136 people have been hospitalized for the flu this season, according to the CDC's FluView report.

Average weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped 4 percent this week after increasing for 16 consecutive weeks, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.

Atrium Health has deployed a mobile hospital to its Pineville location in Charlotte, N.C., to help with emergency department services, according to a Jan. 21 news release.

President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders to combat COVID-19 spread Jan. 21 and shared a 198-page pandemic response plan Jan. 21, reports The Washington Post.

The U.S. recorded 4,409 COVID-19 deaths Jan. 20, the highest daily death total since the pandemic began, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.  

Mortality rates have differed greatly for Black and white populations in 30 major U.S. cities over the past decade, according to a study published Jan. 20 in JAMA Network Open.