Public Health

The National Cancer Institute is launching a research network to increase the nation's antibody testing capacity and better understand immune response to COVID-19. 

Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., sparred over the White House's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic at Wednesday's vice presidential debate, reports The New York Times.

A field hospital near Milwaukee will begin accepting COVID-19 patients next week, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Oct. 7. 

About 40 percent of pregnant women did not receive an influenza vaccine during the 2019-20 flu season, a new CDC report shows.

COVID-19 patients who are hospitalized tend to be younger with fewer underlying conditions than hospitalized influenza patients, a new study shows.

The U.S. has reported an average of 44,116 new COVID-19 cases daily in the past week, up 6 percent from the average seen two weeks ago, reports The New York Times.

The 2018-19 influenza vaccine reduced flu-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits among children by 40 percent to 60 percent, a new study shows.

Alaska reported its second case of a viral infection caused by a novel orthopoxvirus this summer.

Chicago-based Lurie Children's Hospital is launching a food delivery program for patients and their families via a $150,000 grant from the Cigna Foundation.

President Donald Trump left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Oct. 5 after three days of treatment for COVID-19, reports The Wall Street Journal.