Public Health

The United States now has more than 1 million cases of the new coronavirus, the latest data from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine shows.

As the U.S. eyes plans to reopen society, states are taking the lead on specifics of what can reopen and when.

About 12 percent of Americans say they know someone who has died from the new coronavirus, according to a new Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index poll.

Worldwide, COVID-19 cases have surpassed 3 million, with 3,060,152 cases and 212,056 deaths reported as of 8 a.m. CDT April 28. The U.S. has confirmed 988,469 cases and 56,253 deaths.

U.S. deaths soared in the early weeks of the pandemic, surpassing the number of COVID-19 related deaths, as well as the number normally expected for the time period, according to The Washington Post. 

A Chicago physician is encouraging healthcare workers nationwide to share their experiences with COVID-19 through a new initiative called the Healthcare Heroes Project.

Nearly half of New York City residents know someone who has died from COVID-19, according to a survey from the Siena College Research Institute in Loudonville, N.Y.

Some health experts are concerned "quarantine fatigue" is setting in for Americans, as cellphone data shows more people are traveling for the first time since shelter-in-place orders took effect in mid-March, reports The Washington Post.

Of the 14 antibody tests on the market, just three consistently produce reliable results, according to research cited by The New York Times. 

Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia are still doing too little testing to consider lifting stay-at-home restrictions after May 1, an analysis conducted by researchers from Cambridge-Mass.-based Harvard Global Health Institute and STAT News shows.