Health

In January, Kim Shobe will mark 30 years since having her right lung replaced. She's the Mayo Clinic's longest-living lung transplant patient and now she's praying for a second miracle: a new kidney.

In what could be an unprecedented move in California, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said he wants to make all city employees and visitors who enter city-owned facilities, to have a booster shot or third round of vaccinations. There will surely be pushback to the plan.

Those interested in learning if they have the virus can search “free COVID test near me” to find the closest site

The NHL will withdraw from the Winter Olympics after the regular-season schedule was disrupted by coronavirus outbreaks, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Police say an argument over a seat at the movie theater inside Phipps Plaza led to bullets flying and one man rushed to the hospital.

At-home rapid COVID-19 tests could help make a family’s holiday gathering safer when combined with vaccination and boosters, experts say.

As the omicron variant continues to spread across the country, many events are getting canceled and businesses are closing.

President Joe Biden pledged 500 million free at-home COVID-19 tests that Americans can have shipped to them as the world races the omicron variant.

The Hospital for Special Surgery is facing a lawsuit from comedian Trevor Noah after he said a surgery left him feeling “sick, sore lame and disabled.”

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

The doll maker behind “A Doll Like Me” makes dolls for children who don't see themselves on store shelves. The dolls resemble their owners: children with a variety of disabilities, so that every child feels seen.

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday showed the country's population grew at its lowest rate ever. This past year was the first time since 1937 that the nation's population grew by less than 1 million people.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has reinstated the city’s mask mandate and has expanded the District’s vaccine requirements as part of a State of Emergency she declared Monday as COVID-19 cases surge nationwide due to the highly contagious omicron variant.

A person with direct knowledge of discussions said the NHL is beginning a league-wide shutdown Wednesday amid an increase of positive COVID-19 test results among players across the league.