New restaurant owner can't find workers who want to give up unemployment payment

"I put out a basic signing bonus and there are many businesses that do it," he said. "And it was not an awful lot, it was $400, but I didn't even get a phone call, crickets."  

Europe to welcome vaccinated visitors; CDC says Americans shouldn't travel

Many Americans are eager to get out of the house and hop on a plane to Europe, which is poised to open its doors to vaccinated tourists.

NIH to study COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness on patients with compromised immune systems

The National Institutes of Health is launching a study to better understand how COVID-19 vaccines impact patients with weakened immune systems, since vaccines typically require a healthy working immune system to fight a virus.

COVID treatment has improved, but many wish for an easy pill

While vaccines are helping to curb the pandemic, easier and better treatments are needed, especially as virus variants spread.

European officials finalizing plans to allow US tourists back this summer

The European Union is finalizing plans to allow tourists from the United States to travel to the 27-nation bloc this summer, officials said.

Asian American students have the highest rates of remote learning more than a year after outbreak

Asian American students have the highest rates of remote learning more than a year after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered school buildings and forced districts to pivot to online classes.

Restaurants say they're having trouble hiring; employees found other jobs during pandemic

But a key ingredient to a successful comeback is having enough employees, and for many, that’s a problem. Restaurants are not only working to fill tables, they’re working to fill positions.

EU launches legal action against COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca over dose shortage

The European Commission says it’s launched legal action against the COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca in regards to an untimely delivery of millions of doses.

Fauci expects CDC to revise mask guidelines, says COVID-19 transmission risk outdoors is ‘really low’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday he expects the CDC to revise its guidelines after acknowledging that the risk of COVID-19 transmission in an outdoor setting is “really low.”

US pledges aid 'immediately' to India amid devastating COVID-19 surge

For the fourth straight day, India on Sunday set a global daily record of new coronavirus infections - nearly 350,000 cases, spurred by an insidious new variant that emerged there.

Man charged with infecting 22 people with COVID-19

He coughed on work colleagues and told them “I’m going to give you all the coronavirus."

Distribution of J&J vaccine resumes as officials battle hesitancy

Use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is starting up again in New York after federal authorities announced they were lifting a pause on the shots.

Researchers: You're no safer from COVID indoors at 6 or 60 feet

Researchers from MIT say that people who maintain six feet of distance from others indoors are no more protected than if they socially distanced by 60 feet.