COVID-19

ORLANDO, Fla. – One of the Republican Party’s most prominent rising stars is mocking new government recommendations calling for more widespread use of masks to blunt a coronavirus surge. “Did you not get the CDC’s memo?” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joked Wednesday…

CHICAGO (WLS) -- CDC data shows Cook County is now among Illinois counties showing "substantial" community transmission of COVID-19.DuPage, McHenry and Will counties were already at the substantial level. Joining those counties on Thursday are Cook, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall LaSalle and Boone…

Federal health regulators on Wednesday again extended the expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, providing health workers with six more weeks to use millions of doses of the shot. CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU The Food…

Robinhood logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a displayed same logo in this illustration taken, July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration July 28 (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc, the owner of the trading app which emerged as the go-to destination…

Disney World will require customers to wear masks indoors and on public transit starting Friday, after the CDC recommended indoor-mask mandates in areas experiencing spikes in COVID-19 cases. The Orlando-area theme park had eased mask requirements for vaccinated guests after the federal…

Twitter is re-closing its New York and San Francisco offices shortly after they reopened, the company said Wednesday. The announcement comes amid a spike in COVID-19 cases due in large part to soaring Delta variant cases and rampant anti-vaccination sentiment. Many companies…

Enlarge Image Workers in protective gear lower a coffin of a COVID-19 victim for burial at the special section of the Pedurenan cemetery designated to accommodate the surge in deaths during the coronavirus outbreak in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, July 26, 2021.…

ROME — Pope Francis on Monday decried as criminal the existence of hunger in a world which can produce enough food for all, building on a warning from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that climate change and conflict are a consequence and driver…

A California man who mocked COVID-19 vaccines has died after becoming infected with the virus. Stephen Harmon, 34, died on Wednesday at Corona Regional Medical Center, about an hour east of Los Angeles. Prior to his hospitalization, Harmon shared a series of…

LONDON — British supermarkets said on Thursday that some products were in short supply and petrol stations had been forced to close after the official health app told hundreds of thousands of workers to isolate following contact with someone with COVID-19. British newspapers carried…