Public Health

As scientists around the world race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, a new study highlights the extent of disinformation about vaccinations and predicts anti-vaccination opinions may dominate social media platforms in this next decade.

More than a quarter of the most-viewed YouTube videos on COVID-19 contained misleading information, a new study shows.

COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for the healthcare industry and U.S., underscoring the need to better prepare for future pandemics, UPMC's chief medical and scientific officer said during testimony before the Pennsylvania Senate.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has opened a center to help patients recovering from COVID-19 and to study the long-term impact of the disease.

The U.S. has reported 1,390,764 COVID-19 cases and 84,136 related deaths as of 8 a.m. CDT May 14. Globally, there have been 4,369,410 reported cases and 297,682 deaths, while 1,562,673 have recovered.

Fifteen states are investigating cases of a mysterious inflammatory condition among children that is potentially linked to COVID-19, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said May 13, according to CBS News.

After six new coronavirus cases emerged in Wuhan, China, over the weekend, officials said the city will test all its residents for the virus over a period of 10 days, CNN reports.

West Virginia and Delaware are tied for having the most overdose deaths per capita of all U.S. states, according to a ranking from WalletHub.

Americans' expectations of when small gatherings will be safe have shifted in the past month, with more people now saying these gatherings won't happen until mid-summer or later, according to a survey from The Washington Post and University of Maryland…

The new inflammatory condition emerging among children may be a delayed complication of COVID-19, as there are some children who test negative for the disease but positive for coronavirus antibodies, suggesting the inflammatory condition may occur after the virus is…