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The FDA has expanded the eligibility for booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to those aged 12-15 ahead of a new school semester.

President Biden will be meeting with farmers and small meat processors to detail plans to increase federal support in a bid to bring down meat prices.

While some experts have said that "any mask is better than no mask," most recommend N95 certified masks over cloth ones as the latter do not offer enough protection against COVID-19.

The 44-year-old man and his wife, 42, were unvaccinated when they contracted COVID-19 in December and died hours apart a few days later.

The man was pushed into the path of a freight train and was declared dead at the scene.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's symptoms were "mild" and he will quarantine at home for the next five days, the Pentagon chief said in a statement. Austin said he is fully vaccinated and boosted, which had "rendered the infection much more mild than it would otherwise have been."

The note from the mother indicated that she is abandoning the child as she could not afford to feed the baby.

The latest data from the American Academy of Pediatrics showed that children made up more than 20% of all weekly reported cases in the week that ended Dec. 23.

KSDK news anchor Michelle Li received support after sharing a video of a viewer criticizing her over being “very Asian.”

Two people may be dead following a massive wildfire in Boulder Colorado that destroyed homes and acres of land.

Many people saw disturbances in flights over the weekend due to weather conditions.

Dr. Anthony Fauci fears hospitals may be overwhelmed by the rising number of COVID-19 Omicron variant cases in the US.

Kentucky was declared under a state of emergency after experiencing strong storms that brought flooding and damage just weeks after getting hit with major tornados.

The upcoming drawing will be north of $522 million.

National Science Fiction Day falls on the listed birthday of Isaac Asimov, a known authority in the genre.

A special committee of the House of Representatives is investigating, but the deeper they get, the more sensitive it becomes.

Multiple new family fun roller coasters and attractions will be coming to many amusement parks around the nation in 2022.

Stimulus checks and other federal aid programs could be on tap in 2022—here's what we know about any aid scheduled in the new year.

This year's theme is: "Education, work and dialogue between generations: tools for building lasting peace."

Consumers are dealing with higher prices for food, and that trend is expected to continue in 2022.

Of the 660 inoculated people who died of the novel coronavirus, 353 were aged 80 and older.

"It's unlike anything we've ever seen, even at the peak of the prior surges of Covid," Dr. James Phillips, chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University Hospital, said. "We're seeing an increase in admissions that is startling."

Another former CNN producer has been found to be tied up with crimes involving minors.

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxell's chances at a reduced sentence are slim, but possible, if the government needs important information to look into other child sex abusers, according to defense attorneys and prosecutors.

Check out the full text of Amanda Gorman’s new poem, which was partially inspired by the celebration of the new year.

The announcement was met with ire from the cruise ship industry.

The CDC reduced the isolation time for those that test positive for COVID to five days, followed by five days of mask-wearing.

The incident occurred at The Naples Zoo late on Wednesday.

Times Square's New Year's Eve party will continue as planned but will limit capacity, mandate masks, require proof of vaccination, and not allow entry until 3 pm.