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The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses but decided to let a separate regulation that requires health care workers to get a vaccine take effect.

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is far milder than Delta, according to a new study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The eye-opening data revealed that those infected with the Omicron variant are 91% less likely to die than those who are infected than the Delta strain.

Number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since mid-November.

Construction on a concrete wall around the White House has prompted questions from conservatives.

Record high job openings and extremely low employment have not stopped workers from losing ground due to inflation running at a 39-year high, data from the Labor Department showed Wednesday.

Biden's economy sees inflation jump at its fastest pace in nearly 40 years, up 7% from a year earlier.

Despite the FDA’s claim that it is committed to transparency, especially for COVID-19 emergency use authorizations (EUAs), the agency first requested 55 years to release the data supporting the approval of Comirnaty after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was led, and then asked for an extra 20 years to fully comply.

The upscale grocery chain Whole Foods claims the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) order to allow its employees to wear “Black Lives Matter” masks violates its constitutional rights.

Democrats and teachers unions, staunch allies for decades, suddenly find themselves at odds over the politics of COVID-19 and schools.

The court holds a 6-3 conservative majority, and the line of questioning Friday suggested the conservative justices were skeptical of the federal government's power to impose broad Covid-19 vaccine regulations.