Opinion: The next pandemic threat demands action now

With two human cases of bird flu identified, health officials need to get ahead of a threat that some scientists fear could become next pandemic, writes Jaime M. Yassif. Read More

World News

Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud ... of the country’s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school. Read More

Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS ... highest transmissibility amongst all COVID variants so far. The new Omicron variant is expected to infect 60 per cent of people in China ... Read More

Israel weighs response to Iran attack

State media did not say why the location was changed this year, but during the Covid-19 pandemic ... CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for a response to that accusation. British Foreign ... Read More

Stocks end the day higher even as blowout jobs report pushes some Fed officials to consider another rate hike

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic quickly ... Secretary Julie Su told CNN Friday that the March jobs report shows that the US is the “strongest economy in the world.” ... Read More

Why young people are throwing PowerPoint parties

PowerPoint parties task a group of friends with presenting a silly slideshow on niche interests, secret pastimes and frequently hilarious takes. Read More

WHO changes definition of airborne disease following COVID-19 debates

The World Health Organization has defined a new set of criteria for infectious diseases spread through the air following significant controversy and confusion during the pandemic about how the ... Read More

NYC, LA advise residents to cover faces outdoors amid coronavirus pandemic

Worldwide, more than 53,000 people have died from COVID-19. A pandemic ... new case reporting in the past 24 hours," the cruise line said Wednesday. Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live ... Read More

Health improvements occurred worldwide since 2010 despite COVID-19 pandemic, but progress was uneven: Study

Rates of early death and poor health caused by HIV/AIDS and diarrhea have been cut in half since 2010, and the rate of disease burden caused by injuries has dropped by a quarter in the same time ... Read More

Stocks end the day higher even as blowout jobs report pushes some Fed officials to consider another rate hike

The March jobs report showed the US economy added 303,000 positions and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%. That far surpassed expectations for 205,000 jobs to be added, underscoring the ongoing ... Read More

World News

More than 960 million Indians are eligible to vote as the world’s most populous country elects a new Parliament in this general election. In Israel, officials described the strike as a limited ... Read More