California-raised singer-songwriter Jensen McRae makes folk-pop the internet adores.

Novavax says its closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full U.S. approval after additional discussions with the Food and Drug Administration.

Employers posted 7.6 million job openings in February, a sign that that the job market is slowing but remains healthy.

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic five years ago and many of the changes made to avoid illness have become part of life.

Caribbean leaders are pushing back against a new U.S. policy that aims to crack down on Cuban medical missions, saying that the work of hundreds of Cuban medical staff across the region is essential.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference in Miami Beach on Thursday.

Officials say roughly 650 Marines and Army soldiers who were forced out of the military for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine have so far expressed interest in returning to the force under an executive order from President Donald Trump.

In less than a year, burglars have struck Luna Pasta e Dolci six times, eight if you count the failed burglary attempts.

Many federal employees across the country are back at agency offices under President Donald Trump's return-to-office mandate.

Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunized against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed by President Donald Trump.

U.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but remains healthy.

Dr. Adrien Eshraghi, a surgeon-scientist, specializes in hearing disorders and focuses his research on helping patients like Kelsie Gonzalez.

Kelsie Gonzalez got married last year. It was the perfect day despite the bride’s struggles with long Covid.

Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F.

A boost from COVID-19 treatment sales helped bush Pfizer to a better-than-expected third quarter and higher forecast for the year.

The destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia.

Americans will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests delivered to their home free of charge starting later this month.

In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans were a lifeline for small businesses.

It's no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a dip in routine childhood vaccinations, but a new report from the CDC shows a troubling trend for the vaccine that protects against human papillomavirus (HPV).

Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputy and SWAT team member Alexandra Acosta was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for fraudulently applying for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The so-called Liberty City Rising plan for Liberty Square is the largest redevelopment project in Miami-Dade County.

Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters, falling to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, then collapsing on the track and being carted off in a wheelchair.

Outdoor tables saved thousands of New York City restaurants from ruin when they were forced to close their dining rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Record travel across the country and indoor gatherings because of the heat are both lending themselves to a summer surge of COVID, and the scene is playing out at hospitals across South Florida.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, but his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, has tested negative and remains asymptomatic.

The Norwegian government has signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary.

The Supreme Court has rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F.

A jury has convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others in a scheme to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children.

Government advisers say it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall.

Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help.

Kenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week.

The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

Two women who worked as civilian employees at the Miami Police Department pleaded guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.

A South Florida man was handed nearly a six-year federal prison sentence on Tuesday after authorities say he orchestrated a fraudulent scheme to acquire COVID-19 relief loans and grants.

A former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy was convicted Tuesday of two counts of wire fraud for orchestrating a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday in a news release.

New York prosecutors say a Brooklyn woman has been sentenced in connection with a sprawling COVID-19 fraud scheme.

A Miami woman is headed to federal prison after authorities say she fraudulently obtained nearly $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds.

A former Broward Sheriff’s Office jail lieutenant is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he received more than $100,000 in fraudulently-obtained COVID-19 relief loans.

A lack of confidence in vaccines and health misinformation continues to grow.

China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual decrease as births dropped and deaths jumped.

A developer will trade the posh surrounds of Bal Harbour for federal prison following his conviction on multiple COVID-19 loan fraud charges, according to federal prosecutors.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Wednesday against the “proliferation of misinformation and disinformation” that lowers the use of vaccines against COVID-19.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says that hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia.

The Heisman Trophy race is looking wide open for 2024.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in sometimes angry testimony to Britain’s inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday defended himself against suggestions that his indifference and failure to heed the advice of scientists led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.

Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that three more Miami-area residents are joining more than a dozen others in facing charges in a massive COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.

The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pfizer lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as an expected COVID-19 product sales decline clipped revenue.

The COVID-19 treatments millions of have taken for free from the federal government will enter the private market next week with a hefty price tag.

A special celebration was held on Thursday to recognize inspiring members of the South Florida Black community.

Five of 17 Broward Sheriff’s Office employees suspected of fraudulently applying for and receiving Paycheck Protection Program loans appeared in court Thursday to be arraigned on federal charges.

Florida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the decision two years ago to stop sharing information on the virus’ spread online.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing $40 million in funding to help develop messenger RNA vaccines in Africa.

The once-critical white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out.

A new report says the U.S. Census Bureau’s career staffers valiantly conducted the 2020 census under unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gatwick Airport, London’s second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control.

France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top health official are directly contradicting federal health recommendations, saying there’s not enough evidence a new COVID booster provides benefits that outweigh risks.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve the latest COVID-19 vaccine soon, possibly early next week.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday criticized recent efforts across the U.S. to tamp down a recent jump in COVID-19 cases through temporary restrictions or masking and his state surgeon general warned against getting the latest COVID-19 vaccine, which is expected to be available this month.

A group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal, choosing from a special menu of nutritious foods paid for by social programs meant to keep older adults eating healthy.

China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after an isolation that began with the country's borders closing in 2020.

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.

New Zealand has removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the end of a government response to the pandemic that was watched closely around the world.

Official figures show that German beer sales resumed a long-term downward trend in the first six months of this year after rallying in 2022 thanks to the end of most COVID-19 restrictions.

Four members of a Florida family have been convicted of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church.

A Florida family accused of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church is on trial this week in Miami.

The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a lower court’s order limiting executive branch officials’ discussions with social media companies regarding alleged misinformation.

The Spanish government has declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and says people no longer have to wear masks in health and care centers as well as pharmacies.

A former South Florida police officer pleaded guilty Monday to stealing about $285,000 in COVID-19 relief funds.

Hollywood police announced the arrests of four people Friday who are accused of participating in an elaborate identity fraud and money laundering scheme targeting banks and COVID-19 pandemic relief funds over a two-year span.

The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus.

Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a a partisan divide that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention back to Syria at an annual donor conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels for humanitarian aid to Syrians.

An Austrian federal court says the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe The Supreme Court of Justice on Thursday announced its verdict in a long-running legal battle involving a German resident who traveled to Ischgl in March 2020 and visited several apres-ski venues before returning home six days later.

The World Health organization declared earlier this month that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer an emergency, putting a three-year end to the virus that killed at least 7 million people and turned the world upside down.

Japan’s economy has grown at an annual pace of 1.6% in the quarter through March.

Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are demanding that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in tuberculosis fueled by the impact of COVID-19 and conflicts including Ukraine and Sudan.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is resigning.

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

The Biden administration will end the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends.

The next novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham, his first in a decade, is a family saga set in New York City before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Big changes could be coming for how Americans pay for COVID-19 tests.

The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended.

An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the shot.

Chinese health officials have defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic and other information earlier.

The Miami-Dade Police Department announced 99 promotions to various ranks that include Deputy Director in a history ceremony on Thursday.

A former Miami police officer is facing federal charges after authorities said he lied to get two COVID-19 relief loans in 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

A top Bosnian government official and two others have been convicted and given prison sentences over the procurement at highly inflated prices of inadequate medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

South Korea this month will begin weekly tests of sewage produced by its major cities and towns to track the spread of COVID-19 and identify future waves.

For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries.

The county that encompasses Manhattan added more than 17,000 residents in the year ended last July after losing almost 111,000 during the height of urban population decline stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Asian shares are trading mixed following a rally on Wall Street as worries over banks following the collapses of several lenders in recent weeks eased further.

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price.

President Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic.

Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope.

China has accused Washington of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds.

A Spanish lawyer says 42 families in Spain are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering routine vaccines to their children.