Covid-19

A coronavirus testing site in Times Square on Friday.Credit...Jeenah Moon/ReutersThe highly mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus had been reported in at least 15 states by Saturday, with Washington state reporting three new…

Speaking for the first time since entering and exiting the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols, LeBron James expressed frustration with his experience while still supporting the league’s rules for playing safely in the midst of a…

I think that what we’re saying is the simple answer of saying ‘let’s have a new tweak vaccine every six or nine months’ may not be the best way to go. We’re not criticising any of the vaccine approaches, or any of the attempts to…

The first U.S. case of the omicron COVID variant was identified Wednesday, in a vaccinated traveler who returned to California after a trip to South Africa. Following that announcement, the Illinois Department of Public…

ImageTravelers at La Guardia Airport in November. With the onset of the Omicron variant, President Biden is going to extend mask requirements on planes, buses and trains as well as in airports and stations. Credit...DeSean…

By Xavier Fontdegloria Venture Life Group PLC said uncertainties stemming from Covid-19 and supply-chain challenges cloud the near-term sales outlook, and said that its Chair will retire. The U.K. manufacturer of…

Restrictions on travel because of the Omicron variant were an "overreaction," according to Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association and one of the doctors treating patients with the Omicron variant. “I think…

An OMB spokesman said that period is the first step in their enforcement of the vaccine mandate implemented by President Joe Biden. "Nothing has changed with respect to our deadline or our approach to the federal employee vaccination…

The emergence of Omicron has prompted widespread speculation that it may be more resistant to Covid-19 vaccines than existing variants, including Delta. But what does that mean for the average double-vaccinated person?All the vaccines…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in response to a winter coronavirus spike and the threat of the newly detected omicron variant on Friday, making her state one of the first in the country to impose measures…