This week the results from a very small study were released showing that the Omicron variant may reduce the antibodies in individuals who have received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, creating further questions over the efficacy of the vaccine.

An FDA approved revolutionary new eye drop could replace reading glasses for those suffering from age-related blurry vision, potentially benefitting millions of Americans.

Ukraine and Russia blamed each other after a push to agree a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine broke down late on Thursday as tensions over a Russian troop buildup near its southern neighbor persisted.

Starbucks Corp employees on Thursday voted to join a union at one store in Buffalo, New York, delivering the coffee chain its first unionized company-owned location in the United States. Workers at a second location in the city voted to reject the drive to organize.

A British High Court has ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face more than a dozen espionage charges over information illegally gathered and distributed. 

In ruling that many predicted, former TLC star and disgraced Christian celebrity Joshua Duggar was found guilty of all charges against him for downloading and possession of child pornography. The jury made its ruling in court on Thursday.

New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts to extinguish smoking were taking too long.

On Thursday, Amtrak President Stephen Gardner told a House committee that his company faced the prospect of reducing its services because of a lack of manpower that will arise should current vaccination trends and punishments for those who remain unvaccinated continue.