Global Health

Two teen activists spoke at last week's Generation Equality Forum in Paris: Yande Banda, left, a 17-year-old from Lusaka, Zambia, and Selin Ozunaldim, 18, from Istanbul. The girls were not happy about the time allotted for their remarks at the forum.

These Teens Don't Want To Be The U.N.'s Token Youth Activists

8:14am July 08, 2021

by Malaka Gharib

Two gender equality activists from Turkey and Zambia had a chance to speak at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris last week. But they say they are disappointed by their experience.

Protection Provided By The Pfizer Vaccine May Might Be Fading, Israeli Officials Say

5:01pm July 06, 2021

by Rob Stein

The Pfizer vaccine appears to be waning in terms of preventing any infection or mild disease, but still offers strong protection against severe disease and death, the Israeli Ministry of Health says.

Health & Safety

Why Vaccines Haven't Reached African Countries As Efficiently As Hoped

11:28am July 06, 2021

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Dr. Phionah Atuhebwe of the World Health Organization about the challenges that countries in Africa are facing in vaccinating their citizens.

Boris Johnson Has Plans To Lift All COVID-19 Restrictions In England By Mid-July

5:25pm July 05, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he will lift nearly all COVID-19 restrictions by mid-July and that England must learn to live with the virus.

Portugal Is Scrambling To Save Vacation Season From New COVID-19 Strains

4:42pm July 05, 2021

by Joanna Kakissis

As new COVID-19 strains threaten southern Europe's summer of recovery, tourism-reliant countries are scrambling to save vacation season while adapting their hospitality industries to the uncertainty.

A Fresh Wave Of Coronavirus Infections Loom Over The Olympics

4:42pm July 05, 2021

by Anthony Kuhn

A fresh wave of COVID-19 infections looms over the Olympics less than three weeks before the start of the delayed summer games in Tokyo.

Health workers arrive in a tuk-tuk to administer doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to elderly citizens in their homes in Lima, Peru, in April.

It's A Tricky Balancing Act For Countries Awaiting Vaccine Doses

9:29am July 05, 2021

by Will Stone

They have to figure out how to distribute the vaccines — and keep their citizens interested in getting their jab — without knowing when supplies will arrive.

Sinet An had never touched a basketball before 2013. The key to her success: "train again and again and practice again and again, to be better and better." Because of pandemic lockdowns, she can only practice at home.

Cambodia's Star Wheelchair B-Baller Is An Unstoppable Force

9:29am July 05, 2021

by Saqib Rahim

Sinet An and her teammates are using Zoom to keep their hoop skills sharp during the pandemic. Sometimes she practices with an invisible ball. And she can't wait to get back on the court.

Poornima Peri, who lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her two sons. Aarit (left), now age 4, is India staying with his grandmother. His mother had planned to pick him up but "from March [2020] onward it was total lockdown," she says. Because of continuin

Health & Safety

Aussies Stranded Abroad Include Hundreds Of Kids, Folks Short On Cash

6:51am July 04, 2021

by Diaa Hadid

Pandemic travel regulations are frustrating parents whose children are visiting family in other countries and those who can't afford the cost of a ticket and a two-week hotel quarantine upon return.

Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment register a suspected coronavirus patient in May at a Kabul hospital.

Health & Safety

A Crippling 3rd Wave Of COVID Adds To Afghanistan's Woes

2:26pm July 02, 2021

by Diaa Hadid

The beleaguered nation is seeing a surge. The lack of testing means it's difficult to know the extent. One doctor says his Facebook feed is 30% to 40% of notices about those who died of the virus.