Public Health

The U.S. reported 117,777 COVID-19 hospitalizations Dec. 22, surpassing the daily record set a day prior, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.   

The average U.S. life expectancy rose from 78.7 years in 2018 to 78.8 years in 2019, marking a five year consecutive increase, according to the CDC's annual mortality report.

A record 115,351 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. as of Dec. 21, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.

Vice Adm. Jerome Adams, MD, U.S. surgeon general, said President Donald Trump hasn't been vaccinated yet because he received Regneron's antibody treatment in October while recovering from a COVID-19 infection, CBS reported Dec. 20. 

Countries across Europe are shutting down travel to Britain in response to news that a COVID-19 variant spreading through the region is more contagious, The New York Times reported Dec. 21. 

U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths hit record seven-day averages Dec. 20, while daily hospitalizations declined slightly from a day prior, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.     

People age 75 and older and front-line essential workers should be the next priority groups to receive COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices put forth Dec. 20, according to NPR. 

It was a week of dually distressing and hopeful COVID-19 news, as the death count from the virus topped 300,000 in the U.S. while the first vaccine doses were administered to healthcare workers. Here are six data points on where…

The U.S. surpassed 17 million COVID-19 cases Dec. 17,  five days after crossing the 16 million mark, reports The New York Times.

Tyson Foods fired seven managers from a pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa after an investigation confirmed they participated in a betting ring on how many employees would get COVID-19, NPR reported Dec.16.