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Smoke and flame rise near a military building after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops have launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine. Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa as world leaders decried the start of an Russian invasion that could cause massive casualties and topple Ukraine's democratically elected government.

Archive: Ukraine live updates from February to March

This is an archive of the Ukraine live updates blog from February to March.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington.

Biden aides to Congress: Fund COVID aid, don't cut budget

Senior administration officials say Congress should provide the $22.5 billion President Joe Biden wants for continuing the battle against COVID-19 without cutting other programs to pay for it.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Hong Kong, on Monday.

Hong Kong to lift flight bans and cut quarantine for arrivals

The local government also says it will suspend plans for a city-wide mass-testing exercise.

The U.S. omicron outbreak has dramatically slowed, cutting wait times for tests. But health officials worry a new uptick in cases fueled by the BA.2 variant could be on the way.

U.K. COVID cases are rising. Health officials are watching to see if the U.S. is next

The rise of the more infectious BA.2 variant in the U.S. — plus signals in the sewage — also point to a possible uptick in cases, and have health officials on alert.

Treatments like monoclonal antibody infusions and antiviral pills can prevent a case of COVID from becoming life-threatening. But many of the available drugs are not being utilized.

Lifesaving COVID drugs are sitting unused on pharmacy shelves, HHS data shows

States and health providers report they've dispensed less than half their supply from the government, raising fears that the drugs may go to waste while people who could benefit get sicker.

Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck play a couple whose marriage is not what it seems in <em>Deep Water.</em>

'Deep Water' is a disjointed take on an unhappy couple's open marriage

Director Adrian Lyne made his mark in Hollywood years ago with films like Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal. Now he's back, with the story of a picture-perfect marriage marred by mind games.

A Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepared during a pop-up vaccine clinic at Cristo Rey Church in East Austin on July 24, 2021.

Moderna seeks approval for a 2nd COVID-19 booster shot for adults

If approved, this would be the second booster shot Moderna has issued for people ages 18 and up.

This photo taken on Feb. 20 shows a foreign worker in Hong Kong sheltering with her belongings during the city's current coronavirus surge.

Seen as heroes at home, Filipino workers feel 'abandoned' amid Hong Kong's COVID surge

Many of the domestic workers say they were banished from their employers' homes after getting sick — and fired — even though terminating an employee for falling ill is against Hong Kong law.

Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, seen here in a December 2020 file photo. Jha is the new White House COVID-19 response coordinator.

Here's who will lead the White House COVID response for the next pandemic phase

President Biden recently announced a new COVID plan to try to get things back to normal. Dr. Ashish Jha — a familiar face in the public health community — helped develop that plan.

Nina Feldman, a reporter for member station WHYY in Philadelphia, had COVID-19 symptoms that persisted into what she calls "medium COVID."

People with 'medium COVID' are caught in a gray area of recovery with little support

Even if you don't have long COVID, it can still take weeks to recover — much longer than the isolation period implies. Millions of Americans are finding that this still majorly disrupts their lives.

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