Public Health

Hundreds gathered in Boston this week to protest Massachusetts' new rule making the influenza vaccine mandatory for all students, CBS Boston reports.

More than 6 million people in the U.S. have contracted COVID-19 as of Sept. 1, with the nation reporting an average of 41,492 cases daily over the past week, according to The New York Times. 

University Medical Center, a 500-bed facility in Lubbock, Texas, is diverting new patients to other regional hospitals due to a power failure, according to local radio station KFYO.

Two months after a violent storm flooded Norwood (Mass.) Hospital, the facility remains closed, according to its website. 

Sinai Health System and DePaul University, both based in Chicago, will create a research institute to address health and social inequities in the city, the institutions announced Aug. 31. 

COVID-19-like illness and the percentage of positive tests fell in six of 10 HHS surveillance regions in the week ending Aug. 22. However, two regions saw an increase in positive tests, and two reported a jump in outpatient visits for…

COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are set to soon surpass 6 million, with 5,997,861 known infections as of 8:45 CDT Aug. 31.

The U.S. will implement a new version of an infectious disease surveillance program that expired last fall, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, reports The New York Times.

Southern Illinois Healthcare will close its primary care facility in Harrisburg Aug. 31 for deep cleaning after several employees contracted COVID-19, officials announced on Facebook.

A public health lab in Nevada has reported the nation's first known COVID-19 reinfection and the world's first known reinfection with severe symptoms, The New York Times reports.