Public Health

Some physicians say doubling up on masks offers better protection against COVID-19, CBS Denver reports. 

President Joe Biden selected Anthony Fauci, MD, to head the U.S. delegation at the World Health Organization — a move that signifies the nation's reengagement with the organization and reverses the former administration's plan to withdraw, CNBC reported Jan. 20. 

Here are 12 recent updates about the different coronavirus variants: 

COVID-19 test positivity and outpatient visits decreased nationwide in the week ending Jan. 9, according to the CDC's latest COVIDView report published Jan. 15. 

The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu is changing its policies after identifying COVID-19 clusters in a cardiac unit of Queen Emma Tower and on the fourth floor of the Pauahi Tower, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Public health officials said a new COVID-19 variant is increasingly being identified in multiple counties across California and has been linked to several outbreaks in Santa Clara County, including one at Kaiser Permanente San Jose (Calif.) Medical Center, according to NBC…

U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 400,000 Jan. 19, reports The New York Times.  

About 88 percent of Americans do not think the nation's COVID-19 outbreak is under control, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. 

The Los Angeles County coroner's office and health department requested the region's air quality agency to suspend its usual limit on cremations due to a lack of storage space for those who have died of COVID-19, CBS Los Angeles reported…

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he will order hospitals to halt elective surgeries if COVID-19 vaccination rates don't speed up in the state, according to local news station WIS.