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Fox News host Tucker Carlson discuss President Biden's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and whether Michelle Obama could run for President in 2024 on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'

The legislation raises debate over effectiveness of work-from-home.

The FDA has used separate emergency powers to authorize the Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax vaccines.

A "farewell tour" for the cult favorite McRib sandwich attracted more customers in November.

Sales of Paxlovid surged to $18.9 billion in 2022 which was the first full-year that the antiviral pill was available.

Adult Happy Meals and other limited-time promotions boosted traffic at McDonald’s restaurants during the fourth quarter despite higher prices.

The pharmaceutical company booked $100.3 billion for full-year 2022, an all-time high.

A food service director at a school district near Chicago, Illinois was arrested for allegedly stealing over $1.5 million worth of food from the district, mostly chicken wings.

The declarations have been extended several times since they were first enacted back in 2020. The plan could have implications for several COVID-related policies, such as funds for tests and vaccines.

Former President Trump first declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020.

A large majority of Americans said they believe in a supernatural dimension to the world, according a recent Barna Group study that also found many are more open to the divine.

The WHO chief has previously said the end of the pandemic is in sight.

As China's economy slows, more young people are exploring nomadic lifestyles in a rebuke of societal pressure to work hard, buy a home, start a family.

China's consumption recovery from zero-Covid is getting off to a solid start – after a depressing fourth quarter.

A treatment that’s more effective — and doesn’t need to be injected — would be a huge advance.

China says it’s resuming issuing visas for Japanese travelers beginning Sunday, ending its nearly three-week suspension in an apparent protest of Tokyo’s tougher COVID-19 entry requirements for Lunar New Year tourists from China

Researchers are uncovering links between viruses and brain diseases, which could point to a whole new approach to treatment.

Michael George McQuarn submitted 10 PPP loans under four different business names, including one titled "Cool Kids Entertainment Group, LLC."

Evusheld was a key antibody treatment taken by people with weak immune systems as an added layer of protection.

House Republicans next week will hold a series of votes aimed at unwinding the COVID emergency that the Biden administration has extended several times.

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People in China are moving past the pandemic and going out to travel, preliminary data for the Lunar New Year holiday show.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson exposes Pfizer's alleged manipulation of the COVID-19 virus as many suffer from the pandemic on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Many take Evusheld as an additional layer of protection because the vaccines do not trigger a strong immune response for them.

Travel booking site Trip.com ranked the top overseas destinations for travelers from mainland China during the first four days of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Seven people have been arrested in connection with a scheme to defraud the federal government for $7.5 million through the Paycheck Protection Program, the Justice Department reports.

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation's approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19.

With a recession on the horizon, economists and researchers are convinced that 2023 will usher in even more significant changes to the workplace.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe hammered skeptics of the coronavirus vaccine, particularly those who mock him for getting a fourth dose.

Experts say things have gone better than expected. But the bar set by the past few years is awfully low.

OutKick founder Clay Travis responds to Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers' claims about woke culture, arguing the quarterback will be vindicated in time.

After hitting a peak earlier in the month, critically ill COVID-19 cases in China have decreased by 72%. Deaths among coronavirus patients also dropped significantly in the country.

Prolonged, and often severe, symptoms from the disease often sideline workers for months after they get sick.

We attribute Tuesday's 3% decline in DHR to management already preannouncing and shares making a large move into the print.

Still only four years old, Teddy could count to 100 before he turned two. Now he can do it in seven different languages.

A Mississippi doctor who is against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate has filed paperwork to run for governor. Dr. John Witcher will challenge Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves in GOP primary.

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

U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus. The proposal comes as boosters have become a hard sell.

The agency said the shots will probably get an annual update, but most people will only need one shot moving forward.

The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.

A Utah plastic surgeon charged in an alleged scheme to distribute bogus CDC vaccine cards is accused of being part of a secret group that seeks to "liberate" the medical profession.

People across China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with large family gatherings and crowds visiting temples after the government lifted its strict "zero-COVID" policy.

Sunday's front pages reveal details of King Charles's coronation and report the Tory chairman is battling to save his career.

The Harvard economist told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that the world is "utterly unprepared" for another Covid-scale disruption.

Alphabet-owned search giant joins other major technology player in axing thousands of workers as the economy slows.

Low prescribing in the early months of the pandemic may lead to more heart attacks and strokes, study warns.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Thursday ended proxy voting in the House of Representatives, requiring lawmakers to be present in-person to cast votes.

The Washington state medical board is accusing a doctor from Idaho of spreading false information related to the coronavirus. Officials have started an ongoing investigation.

Washington Post writer Caitlin Gibson shared perspectives from parents wary of letting their children have sleepovers with friends due to drugs, guns, liquor and more.

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.

‘Never-Coviders' share what their social lives are like and how they feel about having dodged COVID this far.

The Department of Defense is not "currently pursuing" back pay for unvaccinated and terminated troops, despite signaling that it was exploring the issue recently.

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.

About 200 protesters in Washington have lit candles and shouted “Free China!”.

China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-COVID controls and authorities say new variants are weaker.

The deadline for rent and utility assistance in Duval County is Monday at 5 p.m.

China has reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations.

Some Northeast Florida counties have seen a spike in COVID-19 cases following the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the Florida Department of Health.

More Chinese cities are easing anti-virus restrictions and police are patrolling their streets as the government tries to defuse public anger over some of the world’s most stringent COVID measures.

China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces."

The City of Jacksonville announced Monday that its Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has about $3 million left to help Duval County residents who have been unable to pay their rent and/or utilities due to a loss of income related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

China is expanding pandemic lockdowns, including in a city where factory workers clashed with police this week, as its number of COVID-19 cases hits a daily record.

Performances have been suspended at one of Beijing's oldest and most renowned theaters.

China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou plans to build quarantine facilities with almost 250,000 beds to help fight surging coronavirus outbreaks.

Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a “zero-COVID” approach despite growing public discontent.

Sherwood’s has a long history located in San Marco. 50 years of history. It’s reputation as THE local’s dive bar kept it afloat despite damage from Irma and the Covid lockdown. The bar moved a few blocks up from its previous location and included major upgrades from its original conception. Their motto now… Five Star Dive Bar. To commemorate their history, they commissioned a mural to mark their location with a bright vibe. The official unveiling happens this Saturday with lots of engagement opportunities for patrons. Instagram: sherwoods68

China's ruling party has called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID" policy in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in places.

Sri Lanka’s president has proposed to more than double the country’s tax revenue as the island nation struggles to come out from its worst economic crisis.

Four German regions plan to scrap rules requiring people infected with the coronavirus to isolate at home, arguing that the pandemic has evolved and it’s time for a different approach.

A surge in COVID-19 cases has spurred lockdowns in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou, adding to financial pressure that has disrupted global supply chains and sharply slowed growth in the world's second-largest economy.

So, what can they do to help keep their little ones safe while at school?

Chinese health officials are giving no indication of any relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions following several days of speculation that the government was considering changes to a “zero-COVID” approach that has stymied economic growth and disrupted daily life.