More than 7,000 nurses at two large hospitals in New York City have gone on strike over working conditions and staffing.

A Gazan boy suffering from a type of brain atrophy has died after Israeli authorities did not grant him permission to leave the enclave for treatment.

At least 17 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a passenger train derailed near the desert city of Tabas in central Iran.

The death toll from the a building collapse in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan has risen to 14, as authorities announce the arrest of 11 people accused of being “responsible” for the tragedy.

In the wake of steep rise in COVID-19 cases fueled by the Omicron variant, thousands of nurses on Thursday staged nationwide protests against working conditions in hospitals across the US.

The Omicron variant​​​​​​​ has overwhelmed hospitals in early hit cities across the United States, with experts saying this could be just the beginning.

A new wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant is forcing the US National Institutes of Health to postpone elective surgeries at the largest hospital in the United States devoted to clinical research.

About 150 skeptical American workers at at Houston Methodist Hospital have chosen dismissal over vaccine.

The Delta variant is “crippling our healthcare system. It’s impacting everything from heart attacks to strokes to our children if they get in a bike accident,” Dr. Anne Zink says.

Surges in coronavirus cases in several US states this week, along with staffing and equipment shortages, are exacting a mounting toll on hospitals and their workers.