Many older, blind and disabled Americans receive benefits from the Supplemental Security Income program. But it has been essentially unchanged since 1972, and its rules mean that many recipients must remain in poverty.

Some Americans who got Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine are seeking out boosters of other vaccines. These boosters may confer extra protection against the Indian 'Delta' variant.

Britain's daily covid cases fell again today for the ninth day in a row to 29,622, an 18.6 per cent drop on last week, amid mounting confusion over true state of the third wave.

A new study by the U.S. CDC showed that three-quarters of individuals who became infected with COVID-19 at public events in a Massachusetts county had been fully vaccinated.

The war against COVID-19 has changed because of the highly contagious delta variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said, proposing a clearer message, mandatory vaccines...