The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

The 165 free COVID-19 PCR testing clinics across NSW will close within weeks as demand dwindles and the government turns to free rapid tests.

The shift is scheduled to kick in from May 13.

Veteran Chicago architect sees city growth despite crime, COVID, other challenges.

Evie Corrigan may be small, but she's a giant in world powerlifting - beating all-comers in a unique event in Sheffield. And she's inspiring teen mums as she goes, Aiden McLaughlin writes.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota — After spending months working in clinics and hospitals across the U.S. at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yasmin Samatar and Firaoli Adam had grown tired of having to constantly change their hijabs throughout the day.

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

Plane Talk: In aviation, never say never

Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations' humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa have faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall.…

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.