Coronavirus

New York state has paid $637 million to a company whose owner's family has given hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Gov. Kathy Hochul's re-election.

The CDC has retired its COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships, which used color-coding to identify coronavirus levels on participating cruise ships. The CDC announced the program's end on July 18.

Macao officials are taking drastic measures due to a COVID-19 outbreak causing the city extend a casino shutdown.

China's economy contracted sharply in the second quarter after being impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns that took place in many cities during the pandemic.

Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA on Wednesday, setting it up to be a fourth vaccine option for Americans.

Chicago's Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot is in Europe promoting her city's economy after several large corporations have decided to move out of the area.

The Department of Health and Human Services said the U.S. will order more than 3 million doses of Novavax, Inc. COVID-19 vaccine upon emergency authorization.

The busiest airport in the United Kingdom, London’s Heathrow Airport, is going to limit daily passengers as it grapples with staffing shortages and service disruptions.

A COVID-19 outbreak is causing Macao to take drastic measures including shutting all casinos for a week.

The Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it will make 144,000 more doses of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine available to states and jurisdictions.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that authorized state-licensed pharmacists can prescribe Pfizer's antiviral Paxlovid to eligible patients.

CureVac is suing Pfizer's German partner BioNTech for alleged patent infringement related to the development of their mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Biotech company Novavax said it expects to be able to provide an Omicron-targeting vaccine in the fourth quarter of this year. Its vaccine is under FDA review.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) hit a COVID pandemic-era record number of travelers at airports on Friday, with millions screened last weekend.

To avoid camping crowds, more people are opting to explore the great outdoors in unexpected places this summer. A Christmas tree farm in Ohio allows camping.

Britain's Oxford Biomedica announced an agreement to potentially make AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine beyond 2022. It has already manufactured more than 100 million doses since 2020.

Partners Pfizer and BioNTech SE said they had signed a more than $3-billion-dollar agreement with the U.S. government for 105 million doses of their COVID vaccine.

BioNTech, Pfizer's Germany-based partner in COVID-19 vaccines, said the two companies would start tests on humans of next-generation coronavirus vaccines.

The FDA will decide on whether changes are needed to the COVID vaccines in order to keep up with recent coronavirus variant by early July.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cautioned Friday that the world is facing a "catastrophe" due to the global food shortage impacting millions.