Public Health

Over the past seven months, COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of our lives. As we continue to find safe and creative ways to navigate our new reality with this virus, it's worthwhile to reflect on what we've learned along…

New COVID-19 cases are rising in 39 states, and 16 states recorded more new cases last week than in any other week-long period of the pandemic, according to The New York Times' Oct. 14 Coronavirus Briefing newsletter.

Washington state's top public health official, Kathy Lofy, MD, is leaving her role at the end of the year, reports The Seattle Times.

Nearly 16 percent of Americans ages 10-17 are obese, according to an Oct. 14 report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

Leaders at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg said they are "deeply troubled" by reports that some students may be trying to contract COVID-19 so they can give blood to donation centers that are paying more for plasma with virus antibodies,…

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has launched a universal social determinants of health program to regularly screen patients for factors that may contribute to chronic disease.

The U.S. has reported an average of 52,156 new daily COVID-19 cases over the past week, an increase of 21 percent from two weeks prior, reports The New York Times.

Residents at a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Colorado protested the state's COVID-19 restrictions, reports CBS affiliate KCNC-TV.

As they grow more confident in their understanding of how COVID-19 spreads, many public health officials and authorities are questioning the efficacy of widespread, monthslong lockdowns as a solution to surges of the virus.

COVID-19 patients may produce antibodies for at least five months after initial infection, according to a study published in the journal Immunity.