Health Care

Only 24% of Trump supporters view the coronavirus outbreak as a ‘very important’ voting issue

Supporters of Donald Trump and Joe Biden differ widely on the issues that are "very important" to their vote.

Increasing share of Americans favor a single government program to provide health care coverage

63% of U.S. adults say the government has the responsibility to provide health care coverage for all, up slightly from 59% last year.

14% of U.S. adults say they have tested positive for COVID-19 or are ‘pretty sure’ they have had it

The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.

Most Americans say despite ongoing research, ways to limit spread of COVID-19 are well understood

70% of Americans say the core strategies for containing COVID-19 are well understood, even though studies have yielded conflicting advice.

Views on why Black Americans face higher COVID-19 hospitalization rates vary by party, race and ethnicity

While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.

Younger, more educated U.S. adults are more likely to take part in citizen science research

One-in-ten U.S. adults say they have taken part in citizen science in the past year, and 26% say they have ever done so.

Partisan Differences Over the Pandemic Response Are Growing

Polling finds public trust in medical scientists has increased but only among Democrats – while optimism about a vaccine is broadly shared.

Trust in Medical Scientists Has Grown in U.S., but Mainly Among Democrats

About six-in-ten Americans believe social distancing measures are helping a lot to slow the spread of coronavirus in the nation.

Americans favor medical care but not economic aid for undocumented immigrants affected by COVID-19

68% of U.S. adults say the federal government has a responsibility to provide medical care to undocumented immigrants who have COVID-19.

A third of Americans experienced high levels of psychological distress during the coronavirus outbreak

Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.

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