The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Senate passes defense bill rescinding COVID vaccine mandate

A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense has passed the Senate and now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

The latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ABC News · Dec 16, 2022

Extroverted? Here’s some tips on how to be quiet and reflective

COVID made people less accustomed to social situations. It helps if you don’t have to be the center of attention.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 15, 2022

Hundreds of hospital appointments postponed as nurses take part in strike

Members of the Royal College of Nursing took part in a 12-hour action on Thursday over pay and safe staffing levels.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

The Loop: Donald Trump announces his own NFT collection, and survivors remember Lindt Cafe siege on eighth anniversary — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News · Dec 15, 2022

Vaccine Tests, Even the Most Well-Funded, Rarely Look Like the America They Aim to Help

The case for a federal diversity mandate in clinical trials.

Capital & Main · Dec 15, 2022

From zero-tolerance into the unknown – a visual guide to three years of Covid in China

In 2019, the world’s first Covid case was detected in Wuhan. This month China abruptly shifted away from efforts to eliminate the virus

The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2022

U.S. Intel Community Dropped the Ball on COVID-19, Congress Finds

But early missteps were made worse by White House inaction.

Foreign Policy · Dec 15, 2022

Despair and dedication in a crumbling NHS

Letters: Dr Matt Kneale on years of calling out staffing problems, Hilary Scannell on sending patients home, and Rob Sharred on Tory mismanagement. Plus one reader on the brilliant care their terminally ill wife has received

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

Florida pastor and son arrested in alleged $8m Covid relief fraud scheme

Christian missionaries who ran a faith-based organization allegedly used federal funds to buy a multimillion-dollar home

The Guardian - US · Dec 15, 2022