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India gave out 25 million doses during a special COVID-19 vaccination drive organized on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday

Congressional Democrats face a daunting assignment

American Samoa has reported its first case of coronavirus

The U.N. General Assembly is relying on an honor system to ensure that world leaders have been vaccinated before they speak at next week’s big meeting

An influential federal advisory panel has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra doses for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease

A California prison guard has been arrested on suspicion of beating a Wells Fargo branch manager and calling him a racial slur after being asked to wear a mask inside the bank

Cambodia is vaccinating 6-to-11-year-olds so students can safely return to schools that have been closed for months due to the coronavirus

"It is that unmasked presence that creates the danger to these Plaintiffs."

If you're seeking an exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, you might not get any help from your clergy person

FDA advisory panel endorses COVID-19 booster shots only for Americans 65 and over or at high risk for severe disease

FDA advisory panel soundly rejects a plan to offer Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans

Police say a host at a popular New York City restaurant was assaulted by three women from Texas after she asked for proof they had been vaccinated against COVID-19

California's unemployment rate declined slightly in August as the state added 104,300 new jobs for the month

The mayor of San Francisco was spotted dancing and singing at an indoor nightclub without a mask, despite a strict city order to wear masks when inside

Hundreds of protesters in Tetovo, a city in the west of North Macedonia are calling for the resignation of officials in the wake of last week's fire that destroyed a COVID-19 field hospital, killed 14 people and injured a dozen more

Supporters of a plan to open supervised injection sites to try to reduce overdose deaths urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to review a court decision that bans the practice

The United Nations’ health agency, which has repeatedly urged the world to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and other illnesses, has declined to say how many of its own staffers have followed that advice

Binge drinking has decreased, while cannabis products have become more popular.

Britain’s Court of Appeal has ruled that doctors can prescribe puberty-blocking drugs to children under 16 without a parent’s consent

The World Health Organization’s director general is deeply concerned about the impact of Lebanon’s economic meltdown and multiple crises on the people’s wellbeing

Slovenia will start mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all government employees, further tightening anti-virus measures that sparked a major riot in the small Alpine state earlier this week

Authorities in Denmark are urging hunters, truckdrivers and farmers to be extra cautious following recent reports of African swine fever cases among domestic pigs in neighboring Germany

A civil trial has opened in Austria over the government's handling of a coronavirus outbreak at an Alpine ski resort during the early stages of the pandemic that relatives say resulted in unnecessary infections and deaths

Mixing vaccines could offer a stronger immune boost, preliminary data suggests.

After almost two years, an unmarried Chinese woman suing for the right to freeze her eggs is getting her case heard in a Beijing court in a rare legal challenge against the country’s restrictions on unmarried women in reproductive health

South Korea has reported more than 2,000 new cases of the coronavirus, nearing a one-day record set last month, continuing an alarming surge as the nation enters its biggest holiday of the year

Health officials say the state of Florida has surpassed 50,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began

Eight pregnant women in Mississippi have died of COVID-19 since late July.

Research suggests vision problems increased among Chinese schoolchildren during pandemic restrictions and online learning

The AP's Hau Dinh set off from Hanoi for the seaside resort of Vung Tau in southern Vietnam for a long weekend in mid-July

Taxi fleets in Thailand are giving new meaning to the term “rooftop garden,” as they utilize the roofs of cabs idled by the coronavirus crisis to serve as small vegetable plots

"The situation is dire – we don’t have enough resources."

Abortion providers in Texas say a new law banning most abortions in the state will result in clinics permanently closing unless a court acts in the coming weeks

A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers

Two dozen Republican attorneys general are warning the White House of impending legal action if a proposed coronavirus vaccine requirement for as many as 100 million Americans goes into effect

The director of Covered California says he will step down early next year

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines

As coronavirus outbreaks driven by the delta variant lead school districts around the U.S. to abruptly shut down or send large numbers of children into quarantine, some students are getting minimal schooling at home

What happens when the first day of school isn't the first day of school

Plus, clarifying rapper Nicki Minaj’s viral tweet on unfounded vaccine side effects.

Chinese health officials say more than 1 billion people have been fully vaccinated in the world's most populous country

Zimbabwe has told all government employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or they will not be allowed to come to work

Putin says dozens of his staff have been infected with the coronavirus.

Irish airline Ryanair is planning to create 5,000 jobs over the next five years as part of its recovery from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic

The European Union says it will fund its new health preparedness and rapid response agency to the tune of 30 billion euros over the next six years

Hospitalized Czech President Milos Zeman has undergone medical checks that haven't revealed any problems or disease that would threaten his life

Voluntary euthanasia has become legal in a fifth Australian state, more than 20 years after the country repealed the world’s first mercy killing law for the terminally ill

And it is only likely to grow following Biden's sweeping new vaccine mandates.

A federal judge has declined to block a ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak

Alaska is reporting its highest number of new coronavirus cases a day after the state’s largest hospital announced it had entered crisis protocol and started rationing care because of a flood of COVID-19 cases