Public Health

The American Medical Association is officially recognizing racism as a public health threat via a policy adopted Nov. 16 at a special meeting of its House of Delegates. 

The U.S. has averaged 155,442 new daily COVID-19 cases over the past week, with 48 states currently experiencing surges, according to The New York Times. 

Eleanor Slater Hospital in Cranston, R.I., is facing a "significant" COVID-19 outbreak partially linked to employees reporting to work with cold and flu-like symptoms, reports the Providence Journal. 

Three clinical leaders from Milwaukee- and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health weighed in on the latest surge of COVID-19 battering Illinois and Wisconsin during a Nov. 16 news briefing. 

Many restaurants are constructing outdoor dining tents this fall amid pandemic-related restrictions on indoor dining. The tents are meant to keep diners warm and increase capacity, while still following safety measures. However, some health experts are questioning the safety of…

At least one indicator used to assess COVID-19 activity is increasing in every HHS surveillance region, and many regions are reporting increases in multiple indicators, according to the CDC's latest COVIDView report. 

Tulsa, Okla., Mayor G.T. Bynum said local hospitals have implemented more selective criteria when deciding which COVID-19 patients get admitted as the state continues to beat its own record number of cases and hospitalizations, reports Tulsa World.

Public health experts have warned that college students leaving campus for holiday break may increase community spread of COVID-19, and many large universities have implemented precautionary protocols. 

Below are 10 clinicians' opinions on what Thanksgiving and the holiday season should look like this year, as compiled by Becker's.

New COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have risen every day for more than a month, with the daily case average twice as high as it was at any point this summer, according to rolling seven-day averages from The New York…