Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID origins and the US pandemic response
Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicansโ yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease.
DeSantis drops provocations -- for now -- in response to Ian
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has whipsawed his way through the national conversation this month, first by putting migrants on planes or buses to Democratic strongholds and then shifting to a more traditional role of crisis manager as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. barreled into his state.
Dr. Anthony Fauci announces December departure from government service
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nationโs top infectious disease expert who became a household name โ and the subject of partisan attacks โ during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December.
Pandemic preparedness bill moves ahead; funding still needed
A Senate committee has approved a bipartisan blueprint to overhaul the nationโs public health system, applying the lessons of COVID-19 to future outbreaks through a new chain of command, a stronger medical supply chain, and clearer crisis communications.
AP Was There: The surreal first day of the pandemic
On the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Koloud โKayโ Tarapolsi reflected the views of many people when she told an Associated Press reporter: โIf we avoid each other and listen to the scientists, maybe in a few weeks it will be better."
DeSantis refers to Florida as free state, speaks against COVID mandates in State of the State speech
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made clear in his State of the State speech that he likes teachers, first responders and freedom and he doesnโt like Dr. Anthony Fauci, critical race theory, abortion, illegal immigration and Burmese pythons.
At-home COVID tests may be less sensitive to omicron, but theyโre still useful tools, FDA says
Dr. Anthony Fauci is encouraging people to continue to use at-home COVID-19 antigen tests after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the tests may be less sensitive at detecting the omicron variant.
President Biden pledges 500M free virus tests to counter omicron
President Joe Biden has announced plans to deliver 500 million free COVID-19 tests to Americans, increase support for hospitals and expand the availability of vaccines to confront a winter surge of coronavirus cases driven by the fast-spreading omicron variant.
US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances
The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, as it threatens to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row.
Japan suspends new flight reservations as omicron spreads
The U.S. identified its first known case of the omicron variant Wednesday โ in a vaccinated traveler returning to California from South Africa โ as scientists around the world raced to establish whether the new, mutant version of the coronavirus is more dangerous than the previous ones.