Fauci: US Could Reach Pre-Pandemic ‘Normals’ by September
Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that current vaccination levels indicate the United States ...
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British Museum Collects First Meteorite Fragments in UK in 30 Years
The British Natural History Museum said it has recovered fragments of the first meteorite collected in the United Kingdom in 30 ...
Malawi to Debate Liberalizing Abortion in Face of Conservative Opposition
Abortion is illegal in Malawi, unless the mother’s life is at risk, but that doesn’t stop an estimated 140,000 women ...
How One Small Pennsylvania Pharmacy Is Vaccinating Thousands
Behind the counter of Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, near Philadelphia, owner Mayank Amin has been working late into the ...
CDC’s Cautious Advice for Vaccinated People Draws Criticism
The first federal recommendations for people vaccinated against COVID-19 allow cautious steps toward normal life.Too cautious, ...
WHO: Third of World’s Women Are Abused by Intimate Partner
The World Health Organization reports one in three women globally, around 736 million, suffer physical or sexual violence by an ...
Uganda to Begin Nationwide COVID Vaccinations Wednesday
Uganda launches its national vaccination program on Wednesday, two days after receiving 100,000 additional doses of Covid-19 ...
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Neutralizes Brazil Variant of COVID-19, Study Finds
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralizes the rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus recently discovered in Brazil, ...
Here’s What Doctors Now Know About COVID-19’s Impact on the Body
Last March, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, it had already proved to be lethal and highly ...
US Denounces Russian ‘Disinformation’ Over COVID-19 Vaccines
The United States denounced Monday what it called a Russian disinformation campaign against U.S.-made COVID-19 vaccines, saying ...
US Sues EZ Lynk for Selling Devices to Defeat Vehicle Emission Controls
The U.S. government on Monday sued the automobile device manufacturer EZ Lynk for selling tens of thousands of “defeat ...
CDC Eases Restrictions for Vaccinated People
As coronavirus vaccine rates in the U.S. continue to climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday ...
Italy Surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths
Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 100,000 on Monday, a year after it became the first country in Europe to ...
China Expands Tracking of Online Comments to Include Citizens Overseas
Wang Jingyu didn’t think he would become an enemy of China for his online comments. The 19-year-old left his hometown ...
After Containing Covid, East Asia Lags on Vaccines
When the coronavirus first emerged, many East Asian countries were hailed as global examples due to their impressive containment ...
Britain Opens Schools; Vietnam Begins Vaccination Campaign
Britain opened all its schools Monday. The openings come as the country has experienced some of its lowest coronavirus death ...
Australia Urged to Ensure Undocumented Workers Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
There is a call for an amnesty for the estimated 100,000 undocumented workers in Australia because of fears they could miss out ...
A Year of the Pandemic: In Middle East, Coronavirus Compounds Conflict
March 11 marks a year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. The Middle East ...
US Marks One Year of Pandemic Shutdown with Hope, Concern
The United States is marking one year since the first stay-at-home orders went into effect because of the coronavirus pandemic; ...
Africa’s Pandemic Year Full of Tragic Twists, Turns and … Now, Hope
In recent weeks, as Africa prepared to mark the milestone of one year since the coronavirus reached its shores, millions of doses ...
Africa’s Pandemic Year Was Full of Tragic Twists, Turns and Now, Hope
Africa’s year with the pandemic has been a challenging one, full of suspense and surprises. VOA’s Anita Powell looks back at ...
Pandemic Forces Route Change, Other Precautions for Iditarod Sled Dog Race
Traveling across the rugged, unforgiving and roadless Alaska terrain is already hard enough, but whatever comforts mushers ...
Europe Staggers as Infectious Variants Power Virus Surge
The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In ...
What You Need to Know About the $1.9T COVID Bill
U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday came one step closer to his first major political victory: passage of his coronavirus ...