Public Health

A record 132,476 Americans with COVID-19 were hospitalized Jan. 6, up from 131,195 the day prior, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project. 

U.S. health officials are effectively flying blind when it comes to understanding the new COVID-19 variant's spread in the U.S. and how to contain it, as the nation lacks a wide-scale surveillance program to identify and track genetic variations of…

A total of 21 anaphylaxis cases were reported among the first nearly 2 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses administered between Dec. 14-23, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Jan. 6.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health began administering the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to the general public Jan. 6.

The South African COVID-19 variant known as 501.V2, which is also prevalent in Brazil, may "obviate" antibody drugs, Scott Gottlieb, MD, former FDA commissioner, told CNBC Jan. 5. 

U.S. hospitalizations hit a record 131,195 Jan. 5, up from 128,210 the day prior, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.  

Wisconsin has administered the highest percentage of COVID-19 vaccines it has received, according to the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker.

More than 40 people who attended Christmas services at Genesis Community Church in Woburn, Mass., have tested positive for COVID-19, The New York Times reports. 

Working from home and taking up new physical activities has prompted an uptick in local physical therapy demand, the Chicago Tribune reports. 

The U.S. surpassed its previous COVID-19 hospitalization record Jan. 4, with 128,210 virus patients hospitalized, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.