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A protester holds a sign outside of Parliament in London after the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session, in which Boris Johnson said he joined staff for an outdoor party at 10 Downing Street in May 2020.

Boris Johnson apologizes for a BYOB party held as the U.K. was in COVID lockdown

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer called Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apology worthless, adding that his defense is that "he didn't realize he was at a party."

Starting May 11 most people will have to pay for those at-home test kits for COVID-19, as the federal government's declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency officially ends.

COVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won't be free to many consumers much longer

Insurers, employers, taxpayers and other consumers will all be affected as drugmakers move these products to the commercial market in May. How much you'll pay depends on your health insurance.

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in September 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. Her court battle against <em>The New York Times </em>resumes on Thursday.

Sarah Palin's court battle with the 'New York Times' resumes after her COVID illness

Palin is seeking damages against over an editorial that she says hurt her budding career as a political commentator. The start of the trial was delayed after she tested positive for COVID-19.

Tony Johnson sits on his bed with his dog, Dash, in the one-room home he shares with his wife, Karen Johnson, in a care facility in Burlington, Wash. on April 13, 2022. Johnson was one of the first people to get COVID-19 in Washington state in April of 2020. His left leg had to be amputated due to lack of wound care after he developed blood clots in his feet while on a ventilator.

For two years, this Washington island has grappled with the long reach of COVID

The virus hit Whidbey Island early in 2020, and photojournalist Lynn Johnson was there. A million deaths later, we return to see how the pandemic has subtly but indelibly altered life there forever.

COVID-19 experts, athletes and Daniel Craig make the U.K.'s 'Honours List'

The annual tradition pays tribute to people for achievements made over the previous year. The government said it was the most ethnically diverse Honours List yet.

KSFR's John Shannon Speaks with US Representative Ben Ray Lujan about Current COVID-19 Pandemic

KSFR's John Shannon speaks with US Representative Ben Ray Lujan about his response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 Pandemic Has N.M.’s Top Elections Official Encouraging Widespread Absentee Voting

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver was Tom Trowbridge’s guest this week on KSFR's Wake-Up Call and Mid-Day Newsbreak, discussing among…

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey found that nearly half of former President Donald Trump's supporters said they would not get a COVID-19 vaccine if one becomes available to them.

Calls Grow For Trump To Urge Hesitant Supporters To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Trump supporters are the least likely to say they will seek a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available to them. Of the hesitancy among Republicans, Dr. Anthony Fauci says, "I just don't get it."

The pandemic appears to have peaked or be on the verge of peaking, with cases projected to slowly decline this fall and winter. As recently as Sept. 8, people were waiting at COVID-19 testing site in Kentucky, where over 4,000 new cases were confirmed that day.

Is The Worst Over? Models Predict A Steady Decline In COVID Cases Through March

Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.

Students enter Atlanta's Beecher Hills Elementary School in August.

Student math scores are down from pre-COVID levels, the National Report Card finds

The test measures reading and math proficiency for fourth- and eighth-graders. It's administered every two years, but the pandemic delayed the 2021 report until now.

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