The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

The Arcturus variant is widespread in India and has been found in 29 countries - including the United States. Officials are keeping a close eye on the new variant which is said to be more transmissible

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 22 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

Widow of Dr Stephen Wright is planning on suing the pharmaceutical giant

Dr Stephen Wright from Sevenoaks, Kent, was among the earliest groups of people to be given the vaccine during the pandemic - he died 10 days later

Dr Stephen Wright's widow, Charlotte, is considering taking legal action

The widow of Dr Stephen Wright, 32, who died 10 days after his Covid vaccination, is planning to sue the pharmaceutical giant.

The health board says the vast majority of the population has good protection against the disease.

There is hope in the news that the leading version of naloxone, the No. 1 drug used to reverse opioid overdoses, will soon be available without a prescription. Making it easier to obtain the life-saving drug should save lives, but the devil, as they say, may be in the details.

U.S. regulators have authorized a second round of omicron-targeted boosters for individuals older than 65 and those with weakened immune systems.

The latest Covid strain, said to be an Omicron sub-variant, Arcturus, may be up to 1.2 times more infectious that previous sub-variants, according to researchers.

Certain Americans at high risk from COVID-19 can get an extra vaccine booster this spring