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Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building with her partner Billy Evans.

Elizabeth Holmes grilled by prosecutors on witness stand in her criminal fraud trial

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In a tense day of testimony, the former founder of Theranos tried to fight assertions from federal prosecutors that she deliberately deceived investors and misled patients.

Keidy Ventura, 17, receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in West New York, N.J. Pfizer has asked federal regulators to expand the eligibility for booster shots to include 16- and 17-year-olds.

Pfizer wants the FDA to let 16- and 17- year-olds get a COVID-19 booster shot

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Pfizer's CEO says the vaccine maker has asked federal regulators to authorize boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds. Currently, only people 18 and over are eligible for a booster in the U.S.

CNN suspends Chris Cruomo over his role helping his brother

David Folkenflik

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Documents show CNN's Chris Cuomo played an active role in helping former Governor Andrew Cuomo deal with sexual misconduct allegations. The revelations have spurred scrutiny of the star and network.

Chris Cuomo attends the Turner Upfront 2018 arrivals on the red carpet at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 16, 2018 in New York City.

CNN suspends Chris Cuomo indefinitely over his role in his brother's defense

Vanessa Romo

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CNN said new documents "raise serious questions" about the anchor's role in trying to help his brother, former N.Y. governor Andrew Cuomo, respond to sexual misconduct allegations.

<em>The Lovely Bones</em> author Alice Sebold said in her statement, "I will continue to struggle with the role that I unwittingly played within a system that sent an innocent man to jail."

Alice Sebold apologizes to the man exonerated in the rape that her memoir focused on

Andrew Limbong

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"I am sorry most of all for the fact that the life you could have led was unjustly robbed from you," the author wrote in a statement. A judge exonerated Anthony Broadwater of the crime last week.

Arriving South Korean tourists receive flower garlands at Phu Quoc international airport on November 20, 2021, as the island welcomes its first international tourists to arrive after a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine passport scheme kicked off this month in Vietnam.

The U.N. predicts that 2021 global tourism losses will barely improve over last year

Joe Hernandez

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The recent emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant presents another potential hurdle as the tourism industry prepares for the upcoming winter holiday season.

Patients queue to get vaccinated against COVID-19, in Aristotelous Square, in the center of the Greek city of Thessaloniki on November 26, 2021.

Greece will mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for anyone over 60, or make them pay fines

Joanna Kakissis

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Anyone who refuses to get vaccinated will face monthly fines of 100 euros, or roughly $114. The monthly fine is substantial for retirees — the average pension is 730 euros a month.

A registered nurse stirs a nasal swab in testing solution after administering a COVID-19 test in Los Angeles, Calif. Increased testing could help in efforts to detect and track new variants like omicron.

As U.S. races to detect and track omicron, patchwork surveillance makes that tough

Rob Stein

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What's the U.S. doing to watch out for the omicron variant? Here's the work underway and the challenges that experts say may slow down the country's efforts.

An experimental COVID-19 antiviral pill called molnupiravir from Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics is being considered by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in the pandemic.

An FDA panel supports Merck COVID drug in mixed vote

Scott Hensley

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If the Food and Drug Administration authorizes use of the drug, called molnupiravir, it would be the first oral COVID-19 treatment that could be taken at home.

Despite omicron, Ron DeSantis remains firmly against lockdowns and vaccine mandates

Greg Allen

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Florida's governor is reacting to the omicron variant much differently than New York's. Messaging around how to respond has varied widely by state, depending on politics and recent COVID burdens.