Medicine & Health

The digital divide between Americans who have a disability and Americans who do not remains for some devices.

Among 17 publics surveyed, those in Japan report the most negative assessment of how their country has handled the pandemic.

Latinos say they and their loved ones have faced widespread job losses and serious illness due to COVID-19. Yet satisfaction with the nation’s direction is at highest level in a decade as most say the worst of the pandemic is behind us.

In 2020 alone, the coronavirus was responsible for about 380,000 deaths and roughly 5.5 million years of lost life in the United States.

The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.

One year into the coronavirus pandemic, about a fifth of U.S. adults (21%) are experiencing high levels of psychological distress.

81% of Black Americans consider the outbreak a major threat to public health and about half see it as a major threat to their personal health.

77% think vaccinations will benefit the economy.

Democrats are far more willing to say the U.S. can learn from other countries on major policy issues than Republicans are.

A third of U.S. adults say they changed their Thanksgiving plans “a great deal,” while roughly a quarter changed their plans “some.”