Public Health

"To drop this much unusable and stale data is irresponsible," Governor Ron DeSantis said. DeSantis has ordered the state's department of health to stop using Quest Diagnostics to process COVID-19 tests.

The air quality in the Bay Area is expected to be at a moderate level from Thursday.

Rural hospital closures will force some of Georgia's poorest residents to travel more than 30 miles to seek health care.

As the federal eviction moratorium comes to an end and no stimulus deal in sight, tens of millions of American will face the nation's most severe housing crisis yet.

Opioid overdoses have increased 53 percent in South Carolina since the beginning of the pandemic in March.

Pharmaceutical giant Sinophram has priced their vaccine candidate at $145, the most expensive vaccine quote yet.

The largest medical complex in the world is at 98 percent ICU capacity but the increase in hospitalizations has not been in COVID-19 patients.

"We are not at all reducing the regulatory rigor with which we will evaluate and hopefully approve vaccines," the senior U.S. health department official told reporters.

"We're all accountable in our respective roles for what happens underneath us," California Governor Gavin Newsom said. "I don't want to air any more than that."

The virtual discussion is being hosted by Brown University.

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"Most of my male colleagues don't get taken on in that way at all," Dr. Barbara Ferrer said when discussing the backlash and death threats female public health experts have received in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

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While eastern equine encephalitis is a rare disease, around 30 percent of patients die and others will suffer ongoing neurological problems.

Around one in 150 people infected with West Nile virus develop a serious illness.

The seven-day rolling average of daily new deaths in Sweden has also been declining for months.

The promotion of hydroxychloroquine will not save lives.

Jerome Adams told viewers that the government is "not trying to take away your freedoms."

The daily death toll in Florida has seen several dramatic spikes this month.

"These babies have not even had their first birthday yet," said Nueces County health official Annette Rodriguez.

DeSantis' office told Newsweek he believes a "bottom-up" decision making process is the best approach to requiring masks.

Some observers have alleged that state governments, such as Ipwa and Florida, are not presenting the public with accurate coronavirus statistics.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine urged residents to wear face coverings as COVID-19 cases increase in the state, saying those who refuse to adopt preventative measures are playing "Russian roulette" with their lives.

A Colorado man faces criminal charges for violating a county public health order and aggressively coughing on a woman during a hike back in March during the pandemic lockdown.

"Trying to fight this pandemic while subverting scientific expertise is like fighting blindfolded," the public health experts wrote.

The Republican senator from Florida continued his demands for people to "weigh cost versus benefit" of coronavirus lockdown restrictions

Over the past week, America saw three days with a record-high number of cases.

Only 36 percent of Republicans said they were concerned about COVID-19.

"What we've seen over the last several days is a spike in cases that is way beyond the worst spikes that we've seen," the infectious diseases expert said.

On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said if things don't turn around, he wouldn't be surprised to see 100,000 new cases in a day.