Public Health

"We are nearing the peak right now," Robert Redfield, MD, director of the CDC, said of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic on "The Today Show" April 13. Dr. Redfield said cases appear to be stabilizing across the country, but "we'll know…

UChicago Medicine is using a helmet-based ventilation device to treat some COVID-19 patients instead of traditional ventilators, reports ABC 7 Chicago.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a great deal of anxiety, stress and uncertainty for Americans, which is likely lead to a rise in clinical depression that the nation must prepare for, two clinical psychologists suggest.

Tests that can identify antibodies in a person's blood to indicate whether they recently had the new coronavirus could be available in the U.S. "within a period of a week or so," Anthony Fauci, MD, said on CNN's "New Day"…

The American Lung Association launched a $25 million initiative to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization announced April 9.

Influenza has caused an estimated 39 million illnesses, 410,000 hospitalizations and 24,000 deaths this season, according to the agency's final FluView report of the 2019-20 season.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation lowered its COVID-19 U.S. death estimate to 60,000 deaths this week, down from 100,000 in April, reports STAT.

Below is a breakdown of 28 updates from the six states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic:

The U.S. has reported 466,396 COVID-19 cases as of 9:30 a.m. CDT April 10. Nationwide, 16,703 Americans have died from the illness, while 26,522 have recovered. 

New York has the highest rate of COVID-19 infections, while Minnesota has the lowest, as of April 9.