Public Health

Three top U.S. health officials testified July 31 in front of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus about the nation's pandemic response. 

As businesses reopen across the country, the focus is on deep cleaning and sanitization is top of mind, but this could be a waste of time as surface transmission does not appear to be as big a threat as we…

New COVID-19 cases are starting to fall in the U.S., although deaths are still rising, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. 

As the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S. tops 150,000, the Association of American Medical Colleges outlined ways the country can curb the spread of the virus.

Of states reporting relevant data, Texas and California currently have the most COVID-19 patients in intensive care, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

The first six weeks of New York City's contact-tracing initiative meant to help contain COVID-19 has been filled with confusion and disorganization, spurring some employees to question whether their work is making a difference, reports The New York Times.

Close relatives of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been circulating unnoticed in bats for decades, a study published in Nature Microbiology found.

More than 1,300 Americans died from COVID-19 complications July 28, the highest single-day increase since late May, according to The New York Times' July 29 "The Morning" newsletter. On the state level, Florida, Arkansas, Oregon and Montana all recorded their…

A new federal report shows that three more U.S. states have been added to the "red zone," which means they are facing serious outbreaks of the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of states to 21, according to The New…

Nearly half of all Americans know someone who's contracted COVID-19, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos survey.