AP analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983 VIEW
An Associated Press analysis of temperature and population data shows that exposure to extreme heat has tripled and now affects about a quarter of the...
100,000 more COVID deaths seen unless US changes its ways
The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths by Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model. But health...
2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs VIEW
Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation's intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to...
U.S. vaccine rollout barrels on with health disparity in back seat
A new analysis argues for targeting the first vaccines to the same low-income Black, Hispanic and Native American households that have disproportionately suffered from COVID-19....
Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings VIEW
The coronavirus is now striking smaller cities in America's heartland, often in conservative corners where anti-mask sentiment runs high. The spread has created new problems...
Daily US virus deaths decline, but trend may reverse in fall VIEW
Daily U.S. deaths are declining since hitting a second peak on Aug. 2, but experts are warning that the arrival of cooler weather and the...
Worldwide virus cases top 20 million, doubling in six weeks VIEW
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million, more than half of them from the United States, India and Brazil.
Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount VIEW
Some of the recent decline in testing was expected after backlogged commercial labs urged doctors to concentrate on their highest-risk patients. But some health and...
2nd US virus surge hits plateau, but few experts celebrate VIEW
Based on a seven-day rolling average, daily cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. fell from 67,317 to 65,266, according to data kept by Johns Hopkins...