Public Health

Texas will establish a makeshift hospital in El Paso to help the city manage a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Gov. Greg Abbott said Oct. 25.

The nation's seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases passed 69,000 Oct. 25, marking a record high, reports The Washington Post. 

The United States reported 83,757 new cases of COVID-19 Oct. 23, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The figure sets a record for single-day new cases in the U.S. and marks the fifth consecutive day of increased new…

There has been a dramatic reduction in the nation’s pediatric and adult immunization coverage rates as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shelter-in-place restrictions in the spring followed by strong social distancing recommendations, and a concern about contracting COVID-19…

The U.S. reported more than 75,000 new COVID-19 cases Oct. 22, marking the second-highest daily increase seen during the pandemic, reports The New York Times.

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago is scheduled to close next year, and it will be the 14th hospital in the Chicago area to close since 2000, according to an analysis by ABC7 Chicago. 

As of Oct. 22, about 39,000 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized in the U.S., the most since early August, according to data from the COVID-19 Tracking Project cited by Axios.

COVID-19 has cost Americans an estimated 2.5 million years of life, and nearly half of that number comes from the deaths of middle-aged patients, according to research published in the preprint server medRxiv. 

Studies show that dry air encourages the spread of COVID-19, and health experts are sounding the alarm as temperatures start to cool, STAT reported. 

There are five main risk factors that may increase the chance people experience long-term COVID-19 symptoms, according to findings published by medRxiv.