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Former US president Donald Trump still commands the loyalty of Republican supporters despite being impeached for a second time over the storming of the US Capitol building in January, a new poll has found.more

While a quickening vaccine rollout has some U.S. officials predicting a return to normalcy by the end of this year, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said it’s “possible” the Covid-19 precaution of mask usage will linger into 2022. more

An outpouring of support from strangers is lifting up an Ohio woman who found herself in a very tough spot: Go to work to support her family but leave her children alone or stay with them and lose her job. more

A Boeing 777-200 operated by United Airlines returned to Denver International Airport and landed safely after experiencing a failure in its right engine.more

Two women disguised themselves as "grannies" in a failed attempt to get a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Florida health officials said.more

The United States and Spain could be added to the ‘red list’ of countries as officials weigh up the risk of new Covid variants entering the UK. more

The new director of the CDC warned Sunday that it’s “absolutely” too soon for states to begin lifting mask mandates.more

The US Senate has fallen short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection over the Capitol riot on 6 January. A majority of senators - 57 to 43, including seven Republicans - voted to convict Mr Trump, 10 votes short of the 67 required for conviction.more

The medical news portal Stat has analyzed the relationship between Covid-19 immunization and the wealth of individual cities in the United States. It turned out that property inequalities are of great importance in the case of vaccination - in affluent places, access to the vaccine is easier.more

Donald Trump was reportedly much more ill with Covid-19 in October than the White House publicly admitted at the time, with some officials concerned that he would need to be put on a ventilator.more

Vaccinated Americans are booking hotels in Sicily for spring and summer, the tourism industry said. Local hoteliers emphasize: "US tourists will finally come back to us."more

Peter Daszak, UK member of the WHO team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, called for US intelligence on the virus to be skeptical. Washington, he suggested, may be politically motivated.more

The Georgia secretary of state’s office opened an investigation on Monday into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, according to a new report. more

The more contagious coronavirus variant that originated in the United Kingdom is spreading quickly across the US, with cases doubling approximately every 10 days, according to a study published Sunday. more

An intruder made it aboard an aircraft belonging to the unit responsible for Air Force One after entering Joint Base Andrews without authorization Thursday, leading to a security review of bases around the world, according to military officials.more

An Idaho woman has won the lottery jackpot two days in a row, defeating odds of around 1 in 230 million to bank $500,000. Orlene Peterson, of Coeur d'Alene, scratched for a $200,000 win on Friday morning after picking up a Grand Fortune card at an Albertsons supermarket in Hayden.more

From fiery crash to medical miracle: New Jersey man is world's first to receive successful face and double-hand transplant.more

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who will take over the top spot of the company during the third quarter of this year.more

The Queen will lead a post-Brexit charm offensive by hosting Joe Biden and ... at Buckingham Palace before the G7 summit in Cornwall in June.more

Children in the US will “hopefully” start to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by late spring or early summer, Dr Anthony Fauci said on Friday.more

The US portal Summit.news reported, citing CNBC, that experts advise wearing triple masks or three-layer masks to better protect yourself and your surroundings against coronavirus infection.more

Bill Gates was “very surprised” when he and Dr. Anthony Fauci became the targets of “crazy” and “evil” conspiracy theories related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Gates told Reuters on Wednesday.more

Poles want the new US president, Joe Biden, to reduce internal tensions in the US, strengthen international institutions such as the United Nations, and protect the West from the destabilizing actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a poll for "Rzeczpospolita".more

Johnson & Johnson efficacy data should be available in late January or early February. However, the preliminary assessment of previous clinical vaccine studies was positive, showing that a single dose of the substance elicited a strong immune response and was generally well tolerated, recalls Reuters.more

President Joe Biden has repealed Donald Trump's ban on transgender Americans joining the military. The ban was announced by Mr Trump during his first year in office.more