Public Health

Johns Hopkins' Dr. Anna Durbin told Newsweek that Lambda "is going to run into a problem here in the U.S. and that is the Delta variant."

Robertsdale Police Department said Maurice "Reese" Jackson "was full of life, always having a big smile on his face."

The Chinese city has seen its first local infections in more than a year amid concerns about the spread of the Delta variant.

"This looks unlike anything I had ever seen before," said one mother describing her daughter's strange bites.

Instead of the transparency Fauci called for in his 2012 article, we got a cover up, obfuscation and argument.

"I think you are seeing a tremendous rise of ignorance among House GOP," former Congressman David Jolly said.

"Not only do we have a poor vaccination rate, we have people who before COVID had worse underlying health conditions, and so those two things are truly a recipe for disaster," Ochsner Health's Dr. Sandra Kemmerly told Newsweek

Alabama trails every other state with only 34 percent of residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

"Who knows what would have happened if I was unvaccinated," UC Davis Dr. Christian Sandrock said. "I personally think I would have a much worse outcome."

When disease risk drives private prevention, government prevention such as regulations and subsidies for preventive behavior often have limited effect.

"Every person has the natural, essential, and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat or compulsion by government to accept an immunization."

Dr. Floyd Wormley told Newsweek hospitals need to be extra careful at disinfecting surfaces as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase across the country.

The CDC says it is concerned about the deadly fungus, which has been found in Texas and D.C. patients, because of its drug resistance.

Health officials are concerned that more kids are being hospitalized with the Delta variant and are asking people to wear masks in hopes of protecting them.

We must be humble enough to admit where we've come up short, and savvy enough to tap into lessons from our past successes.

"The response has shocked me," said the nutritionist behind the junk food collection. "Clearly people really do need guidance in what to eat."

Michelle Fiscus is accusing Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey of kowtowing to "a handful of outraged and uninformed legislators."

The virus, which can live on hard surfaces for hours, has been spreading this summer in the U.S.—an unusual season for it to do so.

"Someone wanted to send a message to tell her to stop talking. They thought it would be a threat to her," Dr. Michelle Fiscus' husband said. "It was an obvious sign."

While Biden isn't "concerned" that there will be another COVID outbreak, he's urging Americans to stay safe while celebrating in areas with low vaccine rates.

Based on the U.S. News & World Report's list of Healthiest Counties, here are the top five places to live in America.

"This is extremely discouraging and alarming to know that these products could end up in the hands of our young children who think they're having an afternoon snack that cannot be allowed," said New York Senator Todd Kaminsky.

During a Wednesday meeting held by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, officials announced that there was a higher-than-expected number of reports of myocarditis or pericarditis in those aged 16 to 24 who received the mRNA vaccines.

Public health experts told Newsweek the Biden administration falling short of its deadline should not dissuade efforts to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19.

"[S]ome of these new pathogens, we just really don't know how they're going to behave when they're in Connecticut. They've never been here before," Jason White, the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said, according to NBC Connecticut.

It is "very disappointing" but "not surprising" that many conservative states are lagging behind blue states in COVID-19 vaccinations, according to American Public Health Association Executive Director Georges Benjamin.

Friday's remarks mark the first time Modi has specifically referred to the coronavirus' grip over India's countryside since the second wave emerged in February.

Fewer than half of Americans say they are even somewhat concerned they or a family member could be infected with the virus, the new poll shows.

The technocrats are fixated on the 5 percent residual risk of exposure and transmission, rather than the 95 percent reduction in risk we are achieving through vaccination.

A federal judge ruled that the CDC had exceeded its authority when it extended the nationwide moratorium to June.