Public Health

National COVID-19 response: US raises health alert to highest level and 9 other notes

In the COVID-19 pandemic, 14,322 American cases have been reported, along with 210 deaths, as of 11:30 a.m. CDT, March 20.

Washington nursing home with 34 coronavirus deaths mistook outbreak for pneumonia, flu

Kirkland, Wash.-based Life Care Center experienced one of the earliest and deadliest outbreaks of COVID-19, and a Seattle Times investigation found that the disease may have started circulating at the facility far earlier than the outbreak was first reported in…

Providence donates $500K to bolster coronavirus response efforts

Renton, Wash.-based Providence St. Joseph Health is giving $500,000 to food banks and other nonprofit community organizations to help support COVID-19 response efforts.

Extreme social distancing needed to suppress COVID-19 spread, study finds

Populationwide social distancing, combined with isolating confirmed COVID-19 cases at home and shutting down schools and universities for at least five months, could have the biggest effect on curbing the pandemic in the U.S. and U.K., a new study claims.

White House partners with digital platforms, media networks for COVID-19 messaging

President Donald Trump's administration has partnered with the nonprofit Ad Council, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, iHeartMedia and ABC/Walt Disney Television to share information about the coronavirus via televised and digital campaigns.

Coronavirus response: Updates from the 6 hardest-hit states

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level. Below are key updates from March 16-19 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:

US prepares for 18-month pandemic; 52% of COVID-19 patients are younger than 55 — 8 key updates

In the COVID-19 pandemic, 10,755 American cases have been reported, along with 154 deaths, as of 12 p.m. CDT, March 19.

Up to 20% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are millennials, CDC says

Americans over age 65 are most at risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19, but the illness can also have detrimental effects on millennials, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published March 18.

What the US did — and didn't — learn from past outbreaks

The Spanish flu, swine flu and Ebola outbreaks all drastically altered the U.S. healthcare system.

What we've learned from more than 100 US coronavirus deaths

There have been 115 U.S. deaths linked to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, as of March 18 at noon CDT. A CNN data analysis of these deaths offers key insights into the disease.