A Florida man is accused of $2.5 million COVID-19 relief fraud
A 34-year-old man was charged with one count of wire fraud after being accused of filing a fraudulent loan application in 2020.
COVID-19
Advisers to the FDA back Novavax COVID vaccine
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly voted to recommend that it authorize Novavax's two-dose vaccine against COVID-19.
Mask use encouraged as Forsyth County returns to high COVID level
A rise in new COVID cases has led the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to elevate Forsyth County's community level to “High.”
Novavax's COVID vaccine nears the finish line
The Novavax vaccine appears to be about 90% effective at preventing mild, moderate and severe COVID-19, Food and Drug Administration scientists say in an analysis of the company's data.
Shanghai eases into gradually reopening from its COVID-19 lockdown
China's largest city and global financial hub plans to restore mass transit and gradually reopen schools
Monkeypox isn't like COVID-19 — and that's a good thing
Although monkeypox's recent spread has caused concern, its similarities to smallpox have given the public health world a head start on combating it.
Kim and other N. Koreans attend large funeral amid COVID worry
The isolated East Asian country has only stated how many people have fevers daily, and has only identified a few of the cases as COVID-19 since admitting to an outbreak of the omicron variant.
FDA authorizes first COVID booster for children ages 5 to 11
The Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine to enable kids ages 5 to 11 who were vaccinated at least five months ago to get a third shot.
North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths
North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and high numbers of fevers as it mobilizes more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the country's first COVID-19 outbreak.
Biden marks the approaching milestone of 1 million U.S. COVID-19 deaths
"One million empty chairs around the dinner table. Each an irreplaceable loss," President Biden said Thursday.