Pandemic

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Saturday in another step toward keeping lines of communication open between the two biggest economies.

Suicide rates and mental health-related hospital visits among youth were rising before the COVID-19 pandemic but surged even higher during the lockdowns, according to a new study.

The White House stated President Biden would veto a proposed resolution to end the 2020 national emergency declaration for COVID.

Australian health officials said they will not make any changes to their existing recommendations for COVID-19 boosters — meaning they won’t recommend a third booster (fifth dose) for any age group, despite rising case and hospitalization numbers.

The same technology pushed by the panel members has been researched by the WHO.

Nearly three years after the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns forced churches across the United States to shut their doors, many attendees have yet to return, even as the vast majority of churches have resumed in-person services.

The COVID-19 public health emergency will remain intact until at least mid-January, a federal health official confirmed this week.

NBC News told parents worried about their children getting sick this winter to keep them away from "unvaccinated" people.

President Joe Biden suggested China and America should collaborate to tackle "climate change" but did not mention Uyghur human rights abuses or COVID-19 origins with dictator Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Indonesia Monday.

Bali visit is Xi's first foreign trip in 3 years.