Public Health

As U.S. hospitals struggle to figure out ways to manage the expected influx of COVID-19 patients, the city of Chicago is moving ahead with one strategy — renting out thousands of rooms in hotels to isolate confirmed and suspected cases…

A dozen physicians on the front line of Italy's COVID-19 outbreak are urging other countries to conduct more home-based care to help prevent the virus' spread, according to a paper published in NEJM Catalyst and cited by STAT.

Most Americans (66 percent) are worried about contracting COVID-19 or someone in their family contracting it, a new poll shows.

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level. Below are key updates from March 20-23 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:

The U.S. has the third highest count of COVID-19 cases globally, behind only China and Italy. Nationwide, 35,530 American cases have been reported, along with 473 deaths, as of 12 p.m. CDT, March 23.

As part of a public-private partnership, Walmart parking lots are being used to test healthcare workers for COVID-19, according to Bloomberg.

If the novel coronavirus continues to spread widely in the U.S., a lack of hospital beds in certain areas will limit access to necessary care. Some of the states hit hardest by the COVID-19 outbreak, such as New York and…

The CDC estimates flu has caused 38 million illnesses, 390,000 hospitalizations and 23,000 deaths this season, according to the agency's most recent FluView report.

If COVID-19 cases contracted during the pandemic are concentrated in a six-month period, U.S. hospitals would face a shortage of 1.3 million inpatient beds and nearly 300,000 intensive care unit beds, according to new analysis.

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the coronavirus pandemic to the state level.