Public Health

Cigna is eliminating cost-sharing for all in-person and virtual primary care, specialty care and behavioral healthcare visits for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 care, the payer said June 1. 

The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests rose slightly in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest during the week ending May 23, according to the CDC's weekly COVIDView report. 

The U.S. has reported 1,790,191 COVID-19 cases and 104,383 deaths as of 9 a.m. CDT June 1. Globally, there have been 6,194,508 reported cases and 372,501 deaths, while 2,656,789 people have recovered.

The U.S. has ended its relationship with the World Health Organization due to its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump said during a May 29 news conference.

Widespread medical cannabis legalization could lead to reduced opioid abuse, according to recent study from New York City-based Columbia University.

Many Americans still are hesitant to visit hospitals over fears of contracting COVID-19, according to a new survey from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Symptom and body temperature checks, physical barriers to maintain social distance between employees and visitors and improved ventilation are key steps to reopening office buildings safely, according to the CDC.

The U.S. has reported 1,721,926 COVID-19 cases and 101,662 deaths as of 9 a.m. CDT May 29. Globally, there have been 5,840,369 reported cases and 361,119 deaths, while 2,443,458 people have recovered.

The overall community infection rate of the new coronavirus dropped by 58 percent after U.S. states implemented stay-at-home orders, a new analysis shows, according to an article from the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy in…

The world is still a long way away from achieving herd immunity for COVID-19, according to research cited by The New York Times.