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Pharmacist Sima Manifar prepares a childrens dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrences The Center, which serves seniors, families and the community, in Massachusetts. (AP/Charles Krupa)

Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults

COVID-19 vaccine-makers have been updating their shots to better match omicron in case global health authorities decide...

26 Jan 2022 11:18 AM IST

President Joe Biden responds to reporters questions during a meeting on efforts to lower prices for working families, in the East Room of the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden answers inflation query by calling Fox reporter SOB

Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Biden about inflation, which is at a nearly 40-year high and has hurt the president's public...

25 Jan 2022 11:29 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Governor of the Kamchatka Territory at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo: AFP)

Explainer: What are US options for sanctions against Putin?

The US and European allies have promised to hit Russia financially like never before

25 Jan 2022 11:23 AM IST

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, participates in a media conference with Finlands Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and Swedens Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP/Olivier Matthys)

US orders 8,500 troops on heightened alert amid Russia worry

Biden held an 80-minute video call with several European leaders on the Russian military buildup and potential responses...

25 Jan 2022 10:59 AM IST

A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Childrens hospital in Chicago. (AP/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show

Three shots of Pfizer, Moderna jabs were about 67% effective against omicron-related symptomatic disease compared with...

22 Jan 2022 11:08 AM IST

California State University System, that has over 23 campuses and eight off-campus centers, announced the addition to its list this month. (Photo: California State University, Fullerton)

Top university system in US adds caste to its non-discriminatory...

This victory in getting caste protections is, though long overdue, also very historic

20 Jan 2022 12:40 PM IST

In this image from Senate Television, Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)

US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights reforms

The legislation would have guaranteed the right to mail-in voting, ballot drop boxes and at least two weeks of early...

20 Jan 2022 10:35 AM IST

The country saw over 90,000 total hospital admissions for children 17 years old and under from August 1, 2020 to January 13, 2022, CDC data showed. (Representational Image/AP)

US sees highest rate of children COVID-19 hospitalizations

The highest hospitalization rates among all children are in those ages newborn to 4 years, who are not yet eligible for...

17 Jan 2022 1:04 PM IST

A law enforcement official stands patrol on a main road leading to Congregation Beth Israel synagogue where a man had held hostages for hours on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. (AP Photo)

Hostages safe after Texas synagogue standoff; captor dead

An FBI and a police spokeswoman declined to answer questions about who shot the man

16 Jan 2022 2:44 PM IST

Medical staff members tend to a Covid-19 patient at the intensive care unit of Cremona hospital, in Cremona, northern Italy. (Photo: AFP)

COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable, says WHO

Last week, WHO noted a pandemic record high of 9.5 million new infections in a single week

12 Jan 2022 4:40 PM IST

Maya Goode, a COVID-19 technician, performs a test on Jessica Sanchez outside Asthenis Pharmacy in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in US and Britain

At the same time, experts warn that much is still uncertain about how the next phase of the pandemic might unfold

12 Jan 2022 10:41 AM IST

A worker wearing protective equipment stands inside a temporary COVID-19 testing laboratory in northern Chinas Tianjin Municipality. (Photo: AP)

Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation: WHO

Omicron is becoming the dominant variant that is being detected

12 Jan 2022 10:05 AM IST