The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

COVID-19 vaccine study that was blocked from CDC journal is published elsewhere

A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has been published after being blocked from a government health journal

The Independent UK · Jun 23

The damning cost of Brexit – a decade on from the EU referendum

A decade on from Britain voting to leave the EU, Alex Ross and Albert Toth explore the impact of the result that divided the UK

The Independent UK · Jun 23

CDC Data Update Warns South and West Face Summer COVID-19 Increases as Two States Show Growing Transmission

CDC's June 22, 2026 respiratory data update — the first since Juneteenth — shows COVID growing in 2 states and warns the South and West face summer activity increases.

Medical Daily · Jun 23

PAHO Issues Formal Health Warnings for 2026 FIFA World Cup Fans Covering Dengue, Measles, Norovirus, and Heat Illness

PAHO's June 8, 2026 health guidance for World Cup fans warns of dengue, measles, norovirus, heat illness, and STIs across 16 host cities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Medical Daily · Jun 22

Spain's Supreme Court jails former socialist minister for 24 years in COVID corruption case

A major blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced former socialist minister and close Sánchez ally José Luis Ábalos to 24 years in prison in a corruption case linked to COVID-19 mask contracts.

Euronews · Jun 22

Brexit and Covid beset Royal Navy contractor as profits plunge

Babcock reports underlying operating profits down 19%, with frigate-building programme making a loss

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22

California's world famous tree house: The 4,000-year-old redwood that survived lightning, convicts, and a pandemic

On a quiet stretch of US Highway 101 in Mendocino County, Northern California, a giant redwood tree has been doubling as a house for over a century. The World Famous Tree House in Piercy stands over 250 feet tall, is estimated to be approximately 4,000 years old, and contains a…

The Times of India · Jun 22

Time’s running out to book Virgin flight credits before June 30. What are your refund rights?

Virgin Australia customers with around A$90 million in unused flight credits from COVID cancellations between April 2020 and July 2022 have just one week left to spend those credits – or lose the money.

The Conversation · Jun 22

‘Among informal workers, the less educated travel the farthest’

When the Covid-19 lockdowns stopped migrant workers in their tracks, with little money, work or means to go back home, governments of destination states struggled to figure out how many migrants they had, in order to provide free foodgrain, support and medical help.

Newslaundry · Jun 22

How a COVID lockdown helped make an award-winning winemaker in South Africa

A woman in South Africa found opportunity in a COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 when she used the suspension of her studies at an agricultural college to plant her own vineyard at her family home

AAP · Jun 21