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Shoppers and store owners alike were basking in Switzerland's reopening of nonessential shops like bookstores and clothing vendors

The World Health Organization's emergencies chief says it's “premature” and “unrealistic” to think that the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year

Hairdressers across Germany have reopened for business after a 2½-month closure, another cautious step as the country balances a desire to loosen restrictions with concern about the impact of more contagious virus variants

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have reached an agreement aimed at getting most public school children back in classrooms by the end of March

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says he understood the “conundrum” faced by developing countries as they wait for vital supplies of coronavirus vaccine

Questions about how a limited supply of vaccine should be distributed have now found a new focus in rural America

Senate Democrats are considering reshaping parts of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed by the House

Thousands of Chicago Public Schools students have returned to schools for in-person learning after almost a year of remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic

Slovakia has signed a deal to acquire 2 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine

Student physical activity has dipped during the pandemic

Vaccinations rise as U.S. sees downward trend in COVID-19 cases.

Governments are calling on Pharma firms to share vaccine know-how.

Chinese health experts say China is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely under control, but plans to inoculate 40% of its population by June

California governor, legislative leaders reach deal that could put most kids back in classrooms by the end of March

Nepal has had a successful start of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, but authorities are worried about future supplies as the country competes with other nations for much-sought vaccines produced by a handful of manufacturers

The pharmaceutical company will ship close to 4 million doses Monday.

A tight new restriction that bans people from traveling to other counties.

India is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination drive beyond health care and front-line workers, offering the shots to older people and those with medical conditions that put them at risk

Country is trying to contain one of Southeast Asia’s worst coronavirus outbreaks

India is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination drive beyond health care and front-line workers, offering the shots to older people and those with medical conditions that put them at risk

GOP lawmakers have criticized governors’ emergency actions since outbreak began

Philippines opens vaccination campaign to contain one of Southeast Asia’s worst virus outbreaks but faces supply trouble

The vaccine only requires one shot, and it’s effective and safe.

Nearly 4 million doses of the newest COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped Sunday night, and will begin to be delivered to states for injections starting on Tuesday

The CDC director has signed off, allowing doses to be shipped and administered.

Germany has announced that travelers from France’s northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions because of the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there

"Dr. Moor became almost like my guardian angel ... my gateway of information."

Traveling across roads covered with ice and snow, vaccination teams have been going to Turkey's isolated mountain villages as the government seeks to inoculate 60% of the country's people against coronavirus over the next three months. After much effort, medical workers arrived Friday to vaccinate older villagers in Gumuslu, a small settlement of 350 in the central province of Sivas that lies 140 miles (230 kilometers) from the provincial capital. “It’s a difficult challenge to come here,” said Dr Rustem Hasbek, head of Sivas Health Services. “The geography is tough, the climate is tough, as you can see.” Turkey rolled out the Chinese Sinovac vaccine on Jan. 14 and has so far given out 8.2 million doses. The vaccine is given in two doses 28 days apart. Ankara has also ordered 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that Turkey aims to vaccinate 52.5 million people by the end of May. To date, around 10% of Turkey’s 83 million...

Philippines receives the COVID-19 vaccine after delays.

The U.S. now has a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19

The U.S. now has a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19

US clears Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 shot, adding a third vaccine option to the race against the virus

Tribe leaders say pandemic poses more risk to tribes without federal recognition

Psychiatrists, psychologists and pediatricians in Germany have voiced growing alarm that school closings and social distancing are magnifying the fear, disruption and stress of the coronavirus pandemic for the country's 13.7 million children and teenagers

Explosion occurred in a Ukraine hospital ward treating COVID-19 patients.

Communities across the U.S. are seeing plummeting demand for coronavirus testing

U.S. health advisers have endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson that's expected to provide an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic

The House is expected to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package.

Health officials are girding for questions about which one is best.

South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency has allowed health workers to squeeze extra doses from vials of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Pfizer

House passes Democrats' $1.9T virus relief bill, setting stage for Senate fight over Biden vision for battling pandemic

The Navajo Nation has continued on a downward trend in the number of daily coronavirus cases

California is freeing up as much as $28 million to help immigrants arriving from Mexico and being released in the U.S. until their court dates

Tennessee’s top health officials have revealed the state has requested federal law enforcement to investigate alleged theft of coronavirus vaccine doses in the state’s most populous county

US expert panel endorses Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine; FDA will make final decision soon

A $1.9 trillion package aimed at helping the country rebuild from the pandemic seems headed toward House passage

Canadian regulators have authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for all adults

The San Francisco Department of Public Health directed the medical provider to return their supply of Pfizer vaccines after reports that claimed they allowed ineligible patients to get vaccinated.

Gov. Greg Abbott wants to inoculate all seniors by March.

In San Mateo County 70 ineligible people were vaccinated.