CDC director urges parents to vaccinate children

Covid-19 patients in India have been readmitted to hospitals with a deadly black fungal infection called mucormycosis that physicians say is increasingly preying on people with weakened immune systems.

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to vaccination sites through a partnership with the Biden administration announced Tuesday.

Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States, could reach herd immunity from the coronavirus by mid- to late-July, health officials said Monday.

Widespread shortages and production snags are driving prices higher for many everyday items, as an uneven post-pandemic economic reopening leaves Americans facing the unfamiliar risk of inflation.