Public Health

Several studies and surveys show that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of Americans.

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, Americans are avoiding preventive care, including vaccinations and colonoscopies, and there is no indication that people are ready to return for these services, the New York Times reports.

Roughly nine weeks' of previously unpublished federal data provided to the Wall Street Journal shows an average of 120 patients a day contracted the new coronavirus inside U.S. hospitals. 

The world saw its highest single-day COVID-19 case increase Sept. 13, with 307,930 new infections recorded by the World Health Organization. 

Four in ten Americans say they know someone who has been hospitalized or died after contracting COVID-19, a new poll shows.

More than half of older adults in the U.S. (56 percent) reported feeling isolated from others in a new poll, compared to 27 percent of older adults who reported the same in 2018.

Human papillomavirus virus vaccine uptake among U.S. commercially insured children remains behind target levels set by HHS, a new study shows.

The Health Resources and Services Administration, part of HHS, on Sept. 14 awarded $25 million to 80 organizations across 36 states and two territories to combat the opioid crisis.

It's been more than six months since President Donald Trump declared the novel coronavirus a national public health emergency Jan. 31.    

The percentage of laboratory specimens testing positive for COVID-19 with a molecular assay decreased nationally in the week ending Sept. 5, according to the CDC's weekly COVIDView report.