45 cities in China are in some sort of COVID lockdown. Here's the toll that's taking
More than half of China's biggest cities are still under some form of lockdown measures. They're costing people economically and emotionally.
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Moderna says its new 'bivalent' vaccine shows promise against COVID variants
The company says this version targets both the original coronavirus and the beta variant, and appears to provide broader and longer-lasting protection against different strains, including omicron.
Ukraine crisis raises question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?
That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.
Shanghai reports 1st deaths from current COVID-19 outbreak
Authorities reported the first COVID-19 deaths of the latest outbreak in China's most populous city and said all three were elderly, had underlying conditions and had not been vaccinated.
PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their indigenous roots
The young women skateboard while wearing polleras, colorful, layered skirts worn by their country's indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. They want to show girls and women it's OK to be themselves.
Sony photo awards: Computers on horseback, magnificent mountains, bathing elephants
The 2022 Sony World Photography Award-winners include a photo of a man in Argentina transporting computers on horseback and twin sisters at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar.
Coronavirus FAQ: Testing confuses me! When to do it? Is 'negative' always reliable?
With COVID case counts falling and rising, testing is critical. But how many days after exposure should I test? And if I have symptoms but test negative, might the test not be accurate?
In its 3rd week in lockdown, Shanghai reported 23,000 new COVID cases today
Shanghai, China, is approaching the end of its third week of a near-total lockdown to fight COVID. As case numbers rise, so does the frustration of many in the city of more than 25 million people.
Two new omicron variants are spreading in N.Y. and elsewhere. Here's what we know
The variants — BA.2.12.1 and BA2.12.2 — have been detected in New York and other states as well as 5 other countries. One has a mutation that seems to give it an edge in evading the immune system.
U.K. clears 6th COVID shot despite canceling deal for doses
The U.K. is the first country to authorize Valneva's vaccine, which is also under review by the European Medicines Agency.