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At a White House event on October 14, President Joe Biden encouraged states and businesses to support vaccine mandates to avoid a surge in cases of Covid-19.

Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for 84 million workers is back after court lifts stay

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said the costs of delaying implementation of the vaccine rule would be high. Employers have until Feb. 9 to comply with the testing requirement.

People line up outside of a free COVID-19 vaccination site on December 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Many areas are stepping up vaccination and booster shots as more cases of the omicron variant are detected in the U.S.

Omicron could bring the worst surge of COVID yet in the U.S. — and fast

Scientists are projecting the surge will peak in January. Just how massive it could be depends on how quickly Americans get boosted and change behavior to slow the spread.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon last month. The military branches have begun discharging people who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

U.S. military moves to discharge service members who refuse to get vaccinated

Military officials say that, after months of warnings, they have begun disciplinary actions. The Army has reprimanded 2,700 soldiers and said it will begin discharge proceedings in the new year.

A Santa Claus in Germany wears a surgical mask in December 2020. If you're planning to take the kids to see Santa this year, experts say it's safest to keep everyone's masks on.

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it OK for the kids to take a pic with Santa?

Plus: Is it safe to go to a holiday party if not everyone is vaccinated? And are people getting different side effects from the COVID booster?

An information sign is displayed as a child arrives with her parent to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11-years-old at London Middle School in Wheeling, Ill., last month.

Pfizer plans to test a third dose of its COVID vaccine on infants and young children

Pfizer and BioNTech, which produced the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., say they will expand ongoing trials to include a third dose for children as young as 6 months old.

A nurse tests a student for COVID-19 at Brandeis Elementary School in Louisville, Ky.

New CDC guidance encourages more testing to limit school quarantines

The CDC is updating its guidance after studies show "test to stay" policies can keep more children in school without spreading the coronavirus.

Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats makes a speech after being declared the winner in the North Shropshire by-election early Friday. Her victory is another setback for embattled PM Boris Johnson.

U.K. Conservatives suffer shock by-election loss in another setback for Boris Johnson

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections.

A sign reads "face mask required" in front of the McGill School of Success in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego, Calif. Oct. 13, 2021.

San Diego County reports 578 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths

San Diego County public health officials Thursday reported 578 new COVID-19 infections and four additional deaths.

Sikhulile Moyo, the laboratory director at the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership and a research associate with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, headed the team that identified the omicron variant.

The scientist in Botswana who identified omicron was saddened by the world's reaction

He and his team were stunned by the number of mutations. They felt they'd made a contribution by alerting the world to a dangerous variant. Then came the travel bans for residents of southern Africa.

FILE - A worker wears a mask while preparing desserts at the Universal City Walk Friday, May 14, 2021, in Universal City, Calif. Workplace regulators are poised on Thursday, Dec. 16 to extend California’s coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with some revisions that business groups say could worsen the labor shortage.

New California rules end distinction for vaccinated workers

California workplace regulators extended the state's coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that businesses say could worsen the labor shortage.

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