Coronavirus

The national average for gas prices is sitting at about $3.39 per gallon, according to GasBuddy data.

Supply chain associates will earn an average of $20.37 per hour.

The World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus cases has risen in Europe for the fifth consecutive week, making it the only world region where COVID-19 is still increasing.

The agency announced Tuesday that it will support a four-year follow-up study to learn about the potential long-term effects of COVID-19 on women who contracted the disease during pregnancy.

The COVID-19 death toll worldwide has topped 5 million people less than two years into the crisis.

The FDA has authorized the emergency use expansion of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine access to children 5 and 11 years old. The CDC will next decide whether to sign off on the shots.

While other Asian countries inch toward reopening, Japan looks likely to keep its borders shut for some time to come.

A recent survey also found that 37% of unvaccinated adults said they would quit their job if forced to either get a COVID-19 vaccine or take a weekly test.

"I pulled up my picture and I said, 'This is my mom on a ventilator across the street,'" Lisowski said. "(I said) 'She was here two weeks ago. You guys diagnosed her with a sinus infection and you did not Covid test her because she is vaccinated - and now she is fighting for her life on a ventilator.'"

A U.S. House report says at least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269 workers died when the virus tore through the industry last year.

Researchers at the University of Michigan found significant increases in the number of people registering for the national organ transplant waiting list as well as the number of deceased donor liver transplants linked to alcoholic hepatitis.

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health say they are studying a promising antibody treatment for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C.

This equates to more than 220 million people — 66.5% — with at least one shot against the deadly coronavirus.

People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may receive a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to updated CDC guidance.

Merck agreed to allow other drugmakers to produce its COVID-19 pill, in an effort to help people in poorer countries get access to the drug.

An FDA panel of outside vaccine experts endorsed kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. children aged 5 to 11.

Moderna said it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries at its “lowest tiered price.”