WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House this morning announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer travel season. The nation's first federally backed test-to-treat site is ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best protection against the worst outcomes from COVID-19. As early as the spring of 2020 a Chinese ...

Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced this morning. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The news comes after months of anxious ...

GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21 percent in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the pandemic released today, the U.N. health agency said the number of new ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain a fever that has reportedly killed dozens and sickened nearly a ...

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million this morning, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered by grief and frustration. The confirmed number of dead is equivalent to a 9/11 attack every day for 336 days. It is roughly equal to ...