Public Health

As of 10:30 a.m., Feb. 18, the coronavirus has sickened 73,337 and has resulted in 1,875 deaths. Globally, 13,130 people have recovered from the illness.

People who use social media to find vaccine information are more likely to be misinformed than those who rely on traditional media, according to a study published in the journal Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review.

Emergency medical technicians working for American Medical Response ambulance company are expressing their frustration on Facebook after two EMTs transported a potential coronavirus patient in Seattle without being told of the risk, according to NBC affiliate KING-TV.

More than 25 percent of opioid overdoses involve youth as overdoses become increasingly severe, according to an analysis presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 49th Critical Care Congress. 

Officials in South Korea are tracking and publishing the travel details of the 29 people in the country who have contracted the new strain of coronavirus, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. has reported 14 new coronavirus cases, bringing the nation's total to 29 cases. As of 10 a.m., Feb. 17, the coronavirus has sickened 71,902 globally and has resulted in 1,775 deaths.

An Ohio county is considering opening a second morgue to accommodate the high number of drug overdose deaths at the beginning of February, according to an ABC News report.

A fatal new drug combination of heroin cut with synthetic fentanyl has emerged that may be too dangerous to even touch, a police department in Louisiana is warning the public, according to CBS News.

A parking attendant at Brigham and Women's Hospital was shot outside the Boston-based facility Friday, the health system tweeted.

A steering committee for the United States and Canada's Joint Action Plan on Opioids met Jan. 31, creating working groups for key challenges faced by both countries, according to the White House.