Public Health

The U.S. has confirmed 639,664 of the 2,078,277 COVID-19 cases reported worldwide as of 8:30 a.m. CDT April 16. Nationwide, 30,985 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, while 138,101 deaths have been reported globally.  

About 15 percent of the 215 pregnant women who delivered infants at two New York City hospitals tested positive for the new coronavirus, but most were asymptomatic when they came into the hospital, a letter published in The New England…

Black and Hispanic Americans are more concerned than their white counterparts about getting COVID-19 and unknowingly transmitting it to others, according to a new national survey.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia launched the U.S. site for a global registry to help protect clinicians who intubate COVID-19 patients.

Below are 20 updates from the six states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic: 

The U.S. accounts for more than one-fourth of the nearly 2 million COVID-19 cases reported globally. The nation has reported 609,685 cases as of 8:30 a.m. CDT April 15.  

It is unclear whether all people who recover from COVID-19 have antibodies that can help stave off a second infection, World Health Organizations officials said at a news conference April 13, CNBC reports.

Medical personnel who handle corpses and remains should be included among those prioritized for receiving protective gear, a New York City professor told Buzzfeed News after the first report of a coronavirus transmission from a dead body was published.

More Americans reported knowing someone who tested positive for the new coronavirus this week (19 percent), compared to last week (14 percent), a new Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index poll shows.

The majority of the U.S. population (about 97 percent) is currently under stay-at-home restrictions, though seven states still haven't implemented such guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, CNN reports.