Public Health

The World Health Organization has said the novel coronavirus can linger in the air indoors.

The month a baby is born could influence the child's likelihood of getting the flu shot, and therefore the flu itself, a study published July 9 in The New England Journal of Medicine hypothesizes.

The World Health Organization is holding an "infodemiology" conference to develop evidence-based practices to detect and respond to mis-and disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. had another record-setting day July 8, with 62,751 new COVID-19 infections reported, according to The Washington Post. The nation has reported new case records for five of the last nine days, according to The New York Times. 

New Jersey residents will be required to wear face masks while outside under a new executive order that Gov. Phil Murphy said he will sign July 8, according to NJ.com.

The rise in zoonotic diseases, which jump from animals to humans, is driven by the degradation of the natural environment, according to a new United Nations report.

The U.S. set another daily case record, with about 60,000 new COVID-19 infections confirmed July 7. On July 8, the total number of cases reported in the U.S. surpassed 3 million.

The Trump administration has submitted a notice to withdraw from the World Health Organization by July 6, 2021, a senior administration official told CNBC.

Officials with the World Health Organization have acknowledged "emerging evidence" about the airborne spread of COVID-19 during a July 7 media briefing.

The U.S. is nearing another COVID-19 milestone: nearly 3 million COVID-19 cases have been reported, less than a month after hitting 2 million cases June 10.