U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon last week. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon last week. Alex Wong/Getty Images The U.S. is retaliating afterContinue Reading
As recently as last week, many public health experts were fiercely opposed to the Biden administration’s campaign to roll out booster shots of the coronavirus vaccines to all American adults. There was little scientific evidence to support extra doses for most people, the researchers said. The Omicron variant has changedContinue Reading
As recently as last week, many public health experts were fiercely opposed to the Biden administration’s campaign to roll out booster shots of the coronavirus vaccines to all American adults. There was little scientific evidence to support extra doses for most people, the researchers said. The Omicron variant has changedContinue Reading
Stocks tumbled around the world on Friday as the news of the variant spooked markets, prompted Britain, France, Italy and others to bar flights and impose restrictions, and terrified many Europeans already exhausted by news of breakthrough infections, surging cases ahead of another imperiled holiday season and rallies by vaccineContinue Reading
A number of countries — including Britain, Israel, Italy and Singapore — were moving on Friday to restrict travel from South Africa and other countries in the region, a day after South African authorities identified a concerning new coronavirus variant with mutations that one scientist said marked a “big jumpContinue Reading
Scroll table to see more data *Deaths per 100,000 people Filter: The worldAfricaNorth AmericaLatin America & CaribbeanAsiaEuropeMiddle EastOceania Country Deaths Death rate* Total Cases US 742,279 226.1 45,760,091 Brazil 607,824 288.0 21,810,855 India 458,437 33.6 34,285,814 Mexico 288,365 226.0 3,807,211 Russia 234,194 162.2 8,377,984 Peru 200,246 615.9 2,201,796 Indonesia 143,405Continue Reading
As news of the conference spread, the Iraqi government and authorities in overwhelmingly Sunni Anbar Province issued arrest warrants for at least six Iraqis they said were involved in the conference, though one warrant was later withdrawn. Other attendees were dismissed from their government jobs. At several checkpoints between BaghdadContinue Reading
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been shown to be safe and highly effective in young children aged 5 to 11 years, the companies announced early Monday morning. The news should help ease months of anxiety among parents and teachers about when children, and their close contacts, might be shielded fromContinue Reading
BEIJING — Families in Beijing rushed to stock up on food. Supermarkets stayed open late. Residents endured long lines for mandatory testing. A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China’s capital has raised concerns that Beijing could become, after Shanghai, the next Chinese megacity to put life on hold to contain theContinue Reading
Some Beijing residents have started stockpiling food in their homes in case the city imposes a lockdown, after seeing reports of food shortages and even street fights over food during a lockdown in Shanghai. Liu Chang, a 29-year-old Beijing resident who lives with his girlfriend, has stocked enough food toContinue Reading