A federal appeals court has dealt opponents of Texas strict abortion law another defeat

West Virginia Gov. Justice has resumed his weekly briefings on the coronavirus, six days after he tested positive for COVID-19

The Joint Chiefs of Staff says Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing very minor symptoms

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his career and he has one constant refrain: Wait for Sue Gray

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has canceled her in-person appointments at the European Parliament this week after her driver tested positive for COVID-19

Greece has imposed a vaccination mandate for people 60 and older, as its vaccination rate remains below the European Union average and a spike in infections has put sustained pressure on Greek hospitals

Russian authorities have reported a sharp spike in new coronavirus cases apparently driven by the rapid spread of the omicron variant health officials warned about last week

People who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are being banned from riding public transport in the Philippine capital region in a desperate move to curb spiking infections

Law excludes unvaccinated people from restaurants, sports arenas, other venues.

The Austrian government has presented revised plans for its proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate

President Joe Biden came to office seeing two sicknesses in his country

COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too

Denmark has lifted a number of coronavirus restrictions and allowed the reopening of certain venues despite the spread of the omicron variant in the country

Philanthropy, federal relief funding and other community driven efforts to close the digital divide in a year of remote schooling have helped significantly to bring more children online

About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies, purchased by a Northern California county earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, was damaged in recent rainstorms after it was left outside for months

The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administrations sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers

The White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administrations sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers

A new federal website to request free COVID-19 test kits will launch Wednesday, with the first shipments going out to Americans by the end of the month

Judge orders Martin Shkreli to return $64.6M in drug profits, bars him from pharmaceutical industry for life

The new Czech government will allow some workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus to stay on the job, in an extraordinary measure to ease possible staff shortages caused by an anticipated surge of the omicron variant

The Biden administration is threatening to recoup COVID-19 relief funds sent to Arizona over state provisions it says discourage families and school districts from following federal guidance recommending face coverings in schools

More than two thirds of Polands COVID-19 medical advisory body have resigned saying the government is not heeding their advice in its pandemic measures

The Russian government has decided to delay a controversial bill requiring QR codes confirming vaccination or recovery from COVID-19 to access public places, despite surging cases and warnings from top officials about the highly infectious omicron variant

A new study offers stronger evidence that one of the world's most common viruses may set some people on the path to developing multiple sclerosis

German officials have praised a group of medical students who held a silent vigil outside a hospital in Dresden late Thursday in protest against a rally by far-right vaccine skeptics

Israels Health Ministry says more than 500,000 people have received a 4th vaccine dose

Insurers and employers are taking a renewed interest in programs that help people deal with chronic _ and potentially expensive _ health problems

Romanian authorities say children aged between 5-11 will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 starting late January, as the country grapples with a virus surge and low adult vaccination rates

Shops, bars and restaurants in a southern Dutch town have opened in a protest action that underscored growing anger at weeks of coronavirus lockdown measures

The government of Ethiopia has sent a letter to the World Health Organization accusing its Ethiopian director-general of misconduct after his sharp criticism of the war and humanitarian crisis in the country

Tens of thousands of devout Hindus are taking a holy dip into the frigid waters of the Ganges River in northern India despite rising COVID-19 infections in the country

Some European countries are re-instating or stiffening mask mandates.

Cambodia has begun a fourth round of vaccinations against the coronavirus in response to the omicron variant, with high-risk groups being among the first to receive the additional boosters

New Mexicos governor said Thursday shes considering seeking help from the National Guard to address COVID-19 staffing shortages at public schools, a move that could mark a first in the nation

Authorities have arrested more than two dozen people for allegedly taking part in a multistate shoplifting ring involving more than $10 million in stolen merchandise

Quebec's premier says the COVID-19 curfew he imposed across the French-speaking Canadian province in December will be lifted on Monday

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is considering allowing the nations largest school district to return to some form of virtual instruction as the city weathers a wave of coronavirus cases

Supreme Court blocks vaccine-or-test rule for US businesses, but allows vaccine mandate for most health care workers

Four inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail have filed a lawsuit after they said they were unknowingly prescribed an anti-parasitic drug to treat their COVID-19

Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the U.S. are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the omicron wave of infections

President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free to Americans

Data shows that most COVID-19 patients in intensive care in German hospitals arent vaccinated

Spain is introducing price controls for COVID-19 home testing kits after an outcry over reports of price-gouging during the Christmas holidays, when demand for the rapid antigen tests outpaced supply

Denmark will offer fourth coronavirus vaccination shots to risk groups and vulnerable citizens as the pandemic situation in the country has worsened due to the rapid spread of the omicron variant

France will let in travelers from Britain who are vaccinated against COVID-19 without having to self-isolate or to offer an valid reason for the trip

Englands deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam, one of the scientists who led the U.K.s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will leave his role in March

The director of Africas Centers for Disease Control says the organization is talking to Pfizer about bringing its COVID-19 treatment pill to the continent, which has just passed 10 million cases

Russia has recorded a sharp increase in coronavirus cases amid warnings that another surge in infections driven by the highly contagious omicron variant could be on its way

The new Dutch government is meeting to discuss whether to extend or ease its coronavirus lockdown amid growing anger among owners of businesses that have been shuttered for weeks

French teachers are already exhausted by the pressures of surging COVID-19 cases