The suicide rate is increasing faster in rural America than urban areas, according to a new CDC report.
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Nearly half of physicians don't think the pandemic will be under control until after June 2021, according to The Physicians Foundation's 2020 Survey of America's Physicians.
The COVID-19 infection rate among Black and Latino Americans is more than twice as high as that of white Americans, a new report from the National Urban League shows.
Information on COVID-19 provided online by the White House, CDC and state health departments may be too complex for a general audience, a new study shows.
Some experts question whether New York City hospitals have the capacity to handle another possible COVID-19 wave after cutting about 20,000 beds over the last two decades, according to local news source the Gothamist.
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HHS shared its 10-year plan for addressing the nation's largest public health challenges in its "Health People 2030" report published Aug. 18.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases is down 16 percent from two weeks prior, with the nation reporting an average of 50,543 cases daily in the past week, reports The New York Times.
Census data shows that more Americans are facing food scarcity, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The threshold to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 may be lower than originally thought, reports The New York Times.
COVID-19 testing rates have fallen for the first time since the pandemic began, The New York Times reports.