COVID-19

CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) -A new estimate shows that the unvaccinated cost the U.S. health care system between $3.7 billion and $5.7 billion over a three-month period.That figure comes from the Kaiser Family Foundation, which determined…

Dozens of endangered African penguins were apparently killed by a swarm of bees in South Africa on Friday.The 63 penguins were found dead on Friday at a colony in Simonstown, near Cape Town, according to a statement from…

Tallen Robinson’s 14th birthday fell the first weekend of the school holidays but he spent it away from his family in Wee Waa, in the north-west area of NSW, and away from his Indigenous community.Robinson is one of 3,744 Indigenous…

WLUC TV6 meteorologist Karl Bohnak said he was fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine as mandated by his employer, joining other media figures who have also declined the jab. “Many of you have taken one of these injections, and that…

(AP) — COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. And like the worldwide scourge of a century ago, the coronavirus may never entirely disappear from our midst.…

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- The extremist Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly roadside bombs targeting Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan, raising the specter of wider conflict…

The number of Australians stranded overseas who need government help to return home has surged to more than 45,000, after a further tightening of arrival caps and the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.While the register of stranded…

(NEXSTAR) — Fall has brought anxiety for parents and students across the country as children return to the classroom without the protections of a COVID-19 vaccine, but the option to get children as young as five fully vaccinated may not be…

NEWARK, N.J. -- Longtime New Jersey Devils centre Travis Zajac has retired.Zajac signed a one-day contract with the Devils on Monday so he could retire as a member of the organization where he spent all but 27 games of his…

Airline shares have risen on reports that the US plans to relax travel restrictions for vaccinated passengers visiting from the UK and EU.In the UK, shares in British Airways’ owner IAG soared 11%, making it the top riser on the FTSE 100,…