Public Health

Wearing a face mask likely prevented 139 customers from contracting COVID-19 from two hair stylists with symptomatic cases, a recent CDC case study found.

New York has the most COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the U.S., according to the COVID Tracking Project. 

The U.S. reported another record daily COVID-19 case increase, with 67,400 new infections confirmed July 14. Cases from Texas, Florida and California accounted for 31,847 cases, nearly half of the daily total, as reported by CNBC News. 

Visitors from four more states must self-quarantine for 14 days when they travel to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, bringing the total number of states on the quarantine list to 22, NBC New York reports.

More than 20 states have rolled back or paused reopening efforts as COVID-19 cases surge in certain regions. 

Face mask mandates were issued in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana and Montana within the last week, CNN reports. 

New research shows that in Philadelphia, Black and Latino women who are pregnant are five times more likely to be exposed to the new coronavirus as white pregnant women, according to The New York Times.

The global COVID-19 tally grew by nearly 1.1 million cases between July 8 and July 13, according to data from Baltimore-based John Hopkins University cited by CNN. As of July 14, more than 13 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed…

Drug rehabilitation and addiction treatment centers around the country have been forced to close or limit operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left people without treatment options and may reverse strides made in recovery, according to Kaiser Health…

A Texas hospital has reported a patient death linked to a "COVID party," gatherings that have occurred in multiple states, according to The New York Times.