The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests has decreased nationally since mid-July, but is steadily rising in some Midwestern states, according to the CDC's weekly COVIDView report.
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Massachusetts has made the influenza vaccine mandatory for all students in the state, becoming the first U.S. state to make the flu vaccine a requirement for children older than 5 years, CNN reports.
COVID-19 deaths should start dropping in the U.S. by next week, Robert Redfield, MD, director of the CDC, said in an Aug. 20 interview with the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dozens of physicians, activists and lawmakers gathered Aug. 19 to protest the closure of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, according to WBEZ.
People who have recovered from COVID-19 say they are facing stigma from those in their circle, which may stall efforts to curb the virus' spread, NBC News reports.
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A new case study detailing COVID-19's spread on a fishing vessel this spring offers the first piece of direct evidence that antibodies can protect humans from the virus, reports The New York Times.
New COVID-19 cases have fallen nationwide for four consecutive weeks, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.
New York City published data on more than 1.46 million antibody tests Aug. 18, offering the most in-depth look yet at COVID-19's toll on the city, reports The New York Times.
Over 50 percent of Americans said that they think the worst is yet to come with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new CNN poll shows.
The California Department of Public Health confirmed that a state resident has tested positive for plague.