A boost from COVID-19 treatment sales helped bush Pfizer to a better-than-expected third quarter and higher forecast for the year.

Fewer teenagers are using drugs after rates precipitously dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but overdose rates are on the rise as fentanyl becomes more common.

The destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia.

Americans will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests delivered to their home free of charge starting later this month.

In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans were a lifeline for small businesses.

Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters, falling to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, then collapsing on the track and being carted off in a wheelchair.

QR codes skyrocketed in popularity during the touch-free days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now they're everywhere.

Outdoor tables saved thousands of New York City restaurants from ruin when they were forced to close their dining rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a period of health care improvements within the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically slowed its progress.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, but his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, has tested negative and remains asymptomatic.

The Norwegian government has signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals related to COVID-19 vaccines from Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine nonprofit founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A jury has convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others in a scheme to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children.

Government advisers say it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall.

The World Health Organization says member countries approved new steps to boost global preparedness for pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox and better respond to dangerous outbreaks.

Vivian Health used its proprietary data and BLS statistics to map differences in pay between registered travel and staff nurses in Florida and across the U.S.

While today's unemployment rates are significantly lower than the COVID-19 pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, the fear of job losses remains as workers stare down an uncertain economic future.

Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help.

Kenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week.

Life changed drastically four years ago when shutdowns, closures and more took over as the coronavirus situation picked up.

The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

Former owner of Barberella purchased an indoor pickleball complex when his nightclub was forced to close due to COVID-19.

Federal health officials say older U.S. adults who got a COVID-19 shot in the fall should get a booster dose now.

New York prosecutors say a Brooklyn woman has been sentenced in connection with a sprawling COVID-19 fraud scheme.

After three years of exceptional sales growth, McDonald’s is returning to Earth.

China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual decrease as births dropped and deaths jumped.

A list of food bank volunteer opportunities near Orlando using data from VolunteerMatch

The lawsuit says that the woman — identified as Careen Moreno — was “peacefully protesting” in downtown Orlando in June 2020 during a march from City Hall to Colonial Drive.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says that hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia.

The Heisman Trophy race is looking wide open for 2024.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in sometimes angry testimony to Britain’s inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, on Thursday defended himself against suggestions that his indifference and failure to heed the advice of scientists led to thousands of unnecessary deaths.

While today's unemployment rates are significantly lower than the COVID-19 pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, the fear of job losses remains as workers stare down an uncertain economic future.

The Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando music festival is underway at Camping World Stadium near downtown Orlando.

The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its former vaccine leader over her firing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pfizer lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as an expected COVID-19 product sales decline clipped revenue.

The COVID-19 treatments millions of have taken for free from the federal government will enter the private market next week with a hefty price tag.

Florida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the decision two years ago to stop sharing information on the virus’ spread online.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing $40 million in funding to help develop messenger RNA vaccines in Africa.

A Florida man and his three adult sons were sentenced Friday for selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church.

The once-critical white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out.

A new report says the U.S. Census Bureau’s career staffers valiantly conducted the 2020 census under unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gatwick Airport, London’s second-busiest, is limiting flights this week, partly because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within air traffic control.

France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top health official are directly contradicting federal health recommendations and warning residents against the new COVID booster.

Demand for at-home COVID-19 tests is high, but pharmacies and manufacturers say consumers shouldn't expect a shortage anytime soon.

A group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal, choosing from a special menu of nutritious foods paid for by social programs meant to keep older adults eating healthy.

China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after an isolation that began with the country's borders closing in 2020.

The report shows that vehicle theft rates have soared since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for Honda, Hyundai and Kia sedans.

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.

The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a period of frantic, domestic migration that saw Americans moving farther away from established urban centers.

New Zealand has removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the end of a government response to the pandemic that was watched closely around the world.

The job market has undergone significant transformations since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted labor markets across the world. Remote work, a term almost unheard of before the pandemic, continues to be a priority for many employees.

Official figures show that German beer sales resumed a long-term downward trend in the first six months of this year after rallying in 2022 thanks to the end of most COVID-19 restrictions.

The Orange County Small Business BOOST program allocated approximately $26 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to help businesses still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, Central Florida organizations said people are still having a hard time getting back on their feet for a number of reasons.

Four members of a Florida family have been convicted of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church.

High gas prices at the pump aren’t much of a surprise for Florida's drivers.

The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a lower court’s order limiting executive branch officials’ discussions with social media companies regarding alleged misinformation.

The Spanish government has declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and says people no longer have to wear masks in health and care centers as well as pharmacies.

The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus.

Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a a partisan divide that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention back to Syria at an annual donor conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels for humanitarian aid to Syrians.

Comic Con returns to the Space Coast on June 10 and 11 for a weekend jam-packed with cosplay, comic books and content creators.

An Austrian federal court says the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe The Supreme Court of Justice on Thursday announced its verdict in a long-running legal battle involving a German resident who traveled to Ischgl in March 2020 and visited several apres-ski venues before returning home six days later.

In April 2023, the consumer price index rose another 0.4% — an overall increase of 4.4% since last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The World Health organization declared earlier this month that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer an emergency, putting a three-year end to the virus that killed at least 7 million people and turned the world upside down.

Japan’s economy has grown at an annual pace of 1.6% in the quarter through March.

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee found a connection of more than 69,000 “suspicious” social security numbers used to collect $5.4 billion in SBA emergency loans.

Three health care bills, including one giving healthcare providers a right to deny patient services based on beliefs, were signed into law Thursday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are demanding that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in tuberculosis fueled by the impact of COVID-19 and conflicts including Ukraine and Sudan.

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to throw out certain at-home COVID tests over concerns of bacterial contamination.

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee found a connection of more than 69,000 “suspicious” social security numbers used to collect $5.4 billion in SBA emergency loans.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is resigning.

The Biden administration will end the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends.

The next novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cunningham, his first in a decade, is a family saga set in New York City before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When the COVID-19 pandemic made millions of Americans remote workers, it also abruptly ended many of the commutes that bookend the workday.

The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Big changes could be coming for how Americans pay for COVID-19 tests.

The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended.

People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more than getting the shot.

Chinese health officials have defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic and other information earlier.

A top Bosnian government official and two others have been convicted and given prison sentences over the procurement at highly inflated prices of inadequate medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

South Korea this month will begin weekly tests of sewage produced by its major cities and towns to track the spread of COVID-19 and identify future waves.

For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries.

Asian shares are trading mixed following a rally on Wall Street as worries over banks following the collapses of several lenders in recent weeks eased further.

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price.

President Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic.

A change of plea hearing has been set for next week in the case of Joseph Harding, a former Florida representative who faces charges related to COVID-19 loan fraud.

Maybe you've gone to the same restaurant for every special occasion over the last decade.

Studies show more students are being home schooled. While the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the driving factors, some parents are now concerned about the changing educational and political landscape.

Marion County Republicans will go to the polls for a special primary election for Florida House District 24, the seat vacated by State Rep. Joe Harding who is under federal indictment for COVID-19 business loan fraud.

Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope.

A Spanish lawyer says 42 families in Spain are pursuing legal action against a nurse whom they allege faked the process of administering routine vaccines to their children.

For the second day in a row, China is dismissing U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory.

Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up arguments by Florida bars that they should receive compensation because of government-ordered shutdowns early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal officials say they’re working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged against health care providers and government agencies by patients who claim their civil rights or privacy have been violated.

If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year.

A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds.