Coronavirus

The second COVID-19 Christmas is marked by surging infections in many countries, overwhelmed hospitals, canceled flights and curbed religious observances.

Pope Francis' Christmas Day speech gives him an opportunity to draw a global audience's attention to conflicts big and small. This year was no different.

Florida had 31,758 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, breaking a record for the most cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic in the U.S. in March 2020, according to data from the CDC.

COVID-19 safety measures like contact tracing and quarantining are, for the most part, coming to an end in South Africa.

The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.

Delta, United and Lufthansa have reported canceling dozens of flights over Christmas amid staff shortages tied to omicron.

With COVID cases surging in hotspot New York City, plans for New York's NYE in Times Square are being scaled back. Some local events are canceled in New York City.

United Airlines has been forced to cancel 121 flights on Christmas Eve, in part, due to the coronavirus omicron variant.

Symptoms of the omicron COVID-19 variant may make you think you have the flu or a cold.

Pfizer's COVID-19 treatment pill Paxlovid will be shipped to states in early January but will be limited in availability at first.

Merck’s COVID-19 pill has been authorized by the FDA, providing another easy-to-use medication to fight the rapidly-spreading omicron variant.

John Parney said he kept the Quincy Diner open partly to pay for medical bills. The south Michigan man wasn't vaccinated when he got infected, but pledged during his illness he would, arguing "the battle, at this point, was worse than any training he endured in the military."

The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session in just over two weeks to hear arguments on the Biden administration’s vaccine or testing requirement for large employers and a separate vaccine requirement for health care workers.

Scientists stress that even if the findings of these early studies hold up, any reductions in severity need to be weighed against the fact omicron spreads much faster than delta and is more able to evade vaccines.

One Houston woman says she was horrified when she finally saw her grandmother after COVID restrictions lightened. Her grandmother didn't last much longer after restrictions lifted.