COVID

If the pandemic ought to have given us anything, it should have been a more universal empathy toward the condition of illness.

The levelling up secretary blames war in Ukraine and pandemic, but denies government is at fault.

Dozens of people on Sunday joined Hong Kong's first authorized protest since the lifting of major COVID-19 restrictions under unprecedentedly strict rules, including wearing a numbered badge around their necks. During the pandemic, protests were rare due to COVID-19 restrictions. In addition, many activists have been silenced or jailed after Beijing imposed a national security law following massive protests in 2019.

The shift marks the first easing of masking requirements at the health system since the pandemic hit more than three years ago

Lawmakers in Massachusetts approved a spending plan that would extend COVID-19 programs including outdoor dining, to-go alcohol sales, and remote access to public meetings.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has upheld a lower court ruling blocking President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate from being enforced.

A generation of Americans still can’t escape the threat of COVID.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., warned Thursday that Democrat would soon try to restrict guns by declaring a public health emergency related to gun violence.

A Chinese inventor teamed up with a company to unveil a kissing machine that came about when the inventor was unable to see his girlfriend during coronavirus lockdowns.

Fox News host Jesse Watters reacts to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent comments about former President Donald Trump and 2024 on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday refused several times to answer questions about how many of his employees are still working from home, three years after COVID hit.

Police across the country are reporting violent interactions when serving eviction notices. The attacks are increasing by as much as 30% in Washington state alone.

Joseph Harding, who resigned after his December indictment, pled guilty in federal court to wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements on small business loans.

A House panel on Tuesday supported launching a pilot program of year-round schools, with the plan’s sponsor suggesting it could help students recover from learning losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Florida state Rep. Joseph Harding pleaded guilty to committing $150,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 35 years in prison.

The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing $150,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud. Joseph Harding, a 35-year-old Republican, pleaded guilty in Gainesville federal court to wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements in connection with COVID-19 relief fraud, according to court records. Harding resigned from the Florida House in December, a day after federal prosecutors announced his indictment.

The Biden administration's decision to end the COVID-19 public health emergency in May will have ripple effects across the health care system.

Former federal corrections officer Jose Viera received a maximum sentence at a hearing Monday, after he pleaded guilty to raping a female inmate in 2020.

Sen. Josh Hawley gave his prediction of what comes next after President Biden signed a law allowing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify COVID origins.

President Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic.

Here's what it might be.

World No. 1-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic will not compete at the Miami Open next week after having his COVID-19 vaccine exemption denied.

Analysis presented to the WHO offers clues to whether animals, possibly raccoon dogs, were infected at the Huanan animal market in early 2020.

A study by the National Opportunity Project found that $736 million of federal aid has not reached the nonpublic schools and students it was set aside for and at least $157 million has ended up back in the hands of governors

A new study suggests that family economic hardship was the biggest driver of stress, sadness and COVID-19-related worry among kids -- more so than school closures.

Canada is removing its mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements for air travelers from China. Changes are due to improvement in case numbers.

U.S. health regulators voted in favor of a full approval for Pfizer's COVID pill Paxlovid. This pill will will help adults who are at high risk of progression to severe virus.

Calvary Chapel in Silicon Valley is counter-suing Santa Clara County over nearly $3 million in fines accumulated for violating COVID-19 lockdown orders.

The Fox News Health Newsletter brings you trending and important stories about health warnings, drug shortages, mental health issues and more in this weekly recap.

As the COVID pandemic reaches the three-year mark, it is high time to review mistakes that were made.

The move marks a major easing of travel curbs in place since the start of the Covid pandemic.

In Santa Clara, California, the Dhillon Law Group on Thursday filed a complaint alleging that a doctor was 'forced' to resign due to speaking out against COVID-related policies.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy lifted its vaccine mandate Friday after receiving a letter from Rep. Jim Banks calling it unconstitutional and "an illegal attack."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — as well as the Food and Drug Administration — have published a joint letter denouncing Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo.

Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., argued President Biden's hesitancy to decide on whether to declassify intel on COVID origins is because it will 'open Pandora's box.'

U.S. health agencies have sent a letter to Florida's surgeon general, warning him that his claims about COVID-19 risks are harmful to the public. The letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was sent Friday to Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Ladapo was appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021 and has attracted national scrutiny over his close alignment with the governor in opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other health policies embraced by the federal government.

The top HR manager for the federal government said telework policies are here to stay for federal workers, even after the COVID emergency ends in May.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci after the latter disputed allegations of freezing out a former CDC director from a conference call on the origins of COVID-19.

Anthony Fauci on Thursday forcefully denied suppressing the lab-leak theory in the early days of the pandemic.

United Airlines launched its Aviate Academy in 2022 to address the pilot shortage and diversify a workforce that is overwhelmingly White and male.

COVID-19 dealt the final blow to some movie theaters, but before that, streaming was already forcing a shift.

The four largest US banks lost a total of more than $50bn in market value on Thursday.

People (Check On Me) is poised to enter the UK Top 10 this week - a first for a Cameroonian artist.

U.S. officials urge citizens to find, inspect or apply for passports well before you have to travel. Processing is taking longer than ever.

The Fox News Health Newsletter brings you trending and important stories about health warnings, drug shortages, mental health issues and more in this weekly recap.

The world bought 928 billion face masks at a cost of $389 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022, according to data from Statista.

During a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Wednesday about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rep. Kweisi Mfume called out one of the witnesses, Nicholas Wade, over his book “A Troublesome Inheritance” and the praise it received from white supremacists.

The bill would impose sanctions on foreign nations that have biological and chemical programs operating with "gross negligence" following the FBI's admission on COVID origins.

Dr. Anthony Fauci addressed his past clashes with Republicans during an interview Tuesday and claimed he has been totally "transparent" and "honest" throughout his career.

Like the legacy media, the liberal late-night hosts unanimously rejected a potential COVID lab-leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology as a "conspiracy theory."

The rule had been imposed two months ago as China ended its "zero COVID" policies.

The then-health secretary discussed blocking a disability unit in a MP's town ahead of a vote on Covid tiers.

Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope.

China has accused Washington of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds.

A Spanish lawyer says 42 families in Spain are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering routine vaccines to their children.

Eight U.S. government agencies are now investigating the source of COVID-19, and for the first time publicly, the FBI director is blaming the coronavirus on a leak from a lab in China.

For the second day in a row, China is dismissing U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory.

The chilly air can trigger new or existing health issues for many people.

Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three years after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan, China, a classified report from the U.S. Department of Energy says the coronavirus most likely came from a laboratory leak in China.

Federal officials say they’re working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged against health care providers and government agencies by patients who claim their civil rights or privacy have been violated.

If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year.

The IRS says most relief checks issued by states last year won't be subject to federal taxes, providing late guidance as taxpayers have begun filing returns.

South Korea says it will remove the entry restrictions it placed on short-term travelers from China since the start of the year as officials see the COVID-19 situation in that country as stabilizing.

The COVID-19 pandemic shut down in-person learning across the world, so nearly three years later, numbers from the National Center for Education Statistics show students and educators are still reeling from the impacts.

A growing online conspiracy theory is using the tagline “died suddenly” to baselessly claim that COVID-19 vaccines are killing people.

Starbucks reported lower-than-expected sales in its fiscal first quarter, hurt by COVID restrictions in China and lower consumer demand in other markets.

House Republicans have begun their promised aggressive oversight of the Biden administration.

U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.

Hong Kong's leader says the city will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return to normalcy.

The European Union's highest court says travelers whose package tours were ruined by the imposition of restrictions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic may be entitled to at least a partial refund.

Although still relatively rare, MIS-C after COVID-19 has become more common and more severe than previously thought. A new study is raising critical questions.

Japan and South Korea are defending their public health restrictions on travelers from China after Beijing stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation.

Emergency Room overcrowding has been a health care problem for years, but now, health experts say it is reaching crisis levels.

Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 measures imposed by those countries on travelers from China.

Safe to say, a lot of people really buckled down when it came to cleaning over the past couple years, given the COVID-19 pandemic.

As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data.

Georgia is awarding $234 million in federal COVID-19 relief fund to construct broadband internet to rural locations. Combined with an earlier round of grants, matching private investment and another federal program, utilities have gotten more than $1.5 billion to expand high-speed connections in Georgia.

The head of the World Health Organization says the agency is “concerned about the risk to life in China” amid the coronavirus’ explosive spread across the country and the lack of outbreak data from the Chinese government.

The Chinese government has sharply criticized COVID-19 testing requirements being imposed on visitors from China and threatening countermeasures against countries involved.

European Union nations will try again on Wednesday to mold a coordinated approach on if and how to check incoming airline passengers from China for any new COVID-19 variants after several member nations announced individual efforts over the past week.

A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses is looming even though nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement hours before their contract was set to expire.

Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic.

Chinese manufacturing contracted for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since early 2020, as the country battles a nationwide COVID-19 surge after suddenly easing anti-epidemic measures.

Across the country, doctors are expecting a surge in illnesses like COVID-19, the flu and RSV in the next few weeks following the holidays.

China is on a bumpy road back to normal life as schools, shopping malls and restaurants fill up again with the easing of COVID-19 restriction.

Japan has started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there and as Japan faces rising case numbers and record-level deaths at home.

The European Union is assessing the impact of Beijing’s rollback of anti-COVID 19 controls and increase in infections in an attempt to streamline the approach of its 27 nations on testing passengers coming from China.

The U.S. will soon require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China.

China will drop a COVID-19 quarantine requirement for passengers arriving from abroad starting Jan. 8.

The death toll in the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing has risen by five as China continues to adapt to an easing of strict virus containment regulations.

A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense has passed the Senate and now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones says it will ease COVID-19 restrictions at its largest factory in China that led thousands of workers to quit.

The Biden administration is once more making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter.

China said it would stop tracking some travel, potentially reducing the likelihood people will be forced into quarantine for visiting COVID-19 hot spots That's part of an uncertain exit from the strict pandemic policies that helped fuel widespread protests.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will make condoms free in pharmacies for anyone up to age 25.

China’s imports and exports shrank in November under pressure from weakening global demand and anti-virus controls at home.

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military would be rescinded under the annual defense bill heading for a vote this week in Congress.

Hospitals are filling up with people battling both flu and COVID as well as with pediatric patients suffering from RSV. This is what health experts have deemed as the ‘tripledemic’ and there’s concern that these infections will continue to spread.