Public Health

The COVID-19 is placing a heavy burden on U.S. physicians, with many reporting feeling hopeless, angry or burned out, according to a survey from the Physicians Foundation.

The parents of a high school student in Massachusetts sent him to class after he tested positive for COVID-19, prompting 28 students in close contact with the teen to quarantine for two weeks, reports The Washington Post.

Widespread adoption of social distancing and other measures to control the spread of COVID-19 could lead to a less severe flu season in the Northern Hemisphere, a new CDC report found.

More than 30 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded worldwide, doubling in about two months after hitting 15 million at the end of July.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has reported a suspected human case of Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but dangerous mosquito-borne virus.

Influenza activity is at lower levels than expected for this time of the year in both hemispheres, the World Health Organization reports.

After expiring last year, the Violence Against Women Act — landmark legislation that includes federal protections and support for survivors — hasn't been renewed, while domestic violence is spiking amid the pandemic, 19th News reports.

The national adult obesity rate was 42.4 percent in 2017-18, up 26 percent from 2008, according to a report from the nonprofit group Trust for America's Health.

The U.S. has increased research and development funding to fight emerging infectious diseases by $459 million between 2014 and 2018, marking a fourfold increase, a report from Policy Cures Research found.

More than half of pregnant women with COVID-19 were not showing symptoms when they were admitted to the hospital, new CDC data from 13 states shows.