In his first comments since Luigi Mangione was charged with second-degree murder on Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he was confident that the 26-year-old would quickly be extradited to New York where he will be held accountable f...
Former President Trump has surrendered to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia as part of the district attorney’s investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. We have reporting from NBC News’ Blayne Alexander...
Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in wild birds. Seven cases have been reported in Espirito Santo state, with another discovered in Rio de Janeiro state. The emerg...
US influenza hospital admissions have hit the highest rate in a decade as vaccinations sag, US officials say. They said adults have received five million fewer influenza jabs this year compared with the same time last year. Healt...
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. State media have reported an Omicron outbreak in the capital, Pyongyang, but did not state the number of cases. KCN...
Hospitalizations related to the virus are on the rise around the nation....
The positive COVID tests of at least a half-dozen U.S. officials this week, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Attorney General Merrick Garland, come amid a rise in BA.2 Omicron cases....
Chile has started administering fourth doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the first Latin American country to do so, as the Omicron variant fuels a surge in cases. People with weakened immune systems will be the first to receive the sho...
...
Health officials defended their pandemic response on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, while with so many teachers out sick parents are being asked to teach classes....
By 2050, more than 153 million people could have dementia, up from 57 million in 2019, experts are warning. The predicted rise is largely down to ageing and growing populations. But unhealthy lifestyles contribute too, t...
The US and France have reported their highest daily rises in new Covid cases since the pandemic began, as the Omicron variant continues to spread. According to the US Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) the country reported ...
...
...
The first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant was confirmed in California in a fully-vaccinated traveler who had returned from South Africa. The person developed mild symptoms....
...
A pill to treat Covid developed by the US company Pfizer cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89% in vulnerable adults, clinical trial results suggest. The drug - Paxlovid - is intended for use soon after symptoms develop...
Concerns grow for children as COVID-19 cases soar...
Two Belarusian coaches have lost their Olympic accreditations after allegedly attempting to force an athlete to leave the Games in Tokyo. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich ha...
Surge in COVID-19 cases sparks debate on growing risk for children...