Public Health

The White House's COVID-19 testing czar is defending a controversial change to the CDC's testing guidance, which says people without symptoms can forgo testing. 

A 66-year-old woman who was infected with HIV in 1992 may be the first person cured of the virus without medication or a bone-marrow transplant, reports The New York Times.

The Sturgis (S.D.) Motorcycle Rally held earlier this month has been tied to 103 COVID-19 cases thus far, NBC News reports. 

COVID-19 sparks a weaker immune response in men than women, suggests a small study accepted for publication in Nature. 

The CDC updated its COVID-19 testing guidelines Aug. 24, saying people without symptoms don't always need to be tested. 

The following stories on COVID-19 antibodies and immunity were reported on by Becker's Hospital Review over the past month, starting with the most recent.

The CDC no longer recommends that travelers quarantine for 14 days after returning from a trip overseas or from another state.

Experts are voicing concern about COVID-19 testing delays amid flu season, while "rolling hotspots" appear to be the nation's new normal.

Google searches for "anxiety" and related terms skyrocketed this spring after the U.S. declared COVID-19 a national emergency, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

The U.S. has reported an average of 42,310 COVID-19 cases daily in the past week, down 22 percent from the average seen two weeks ago, reports The New York Times.