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COVID-19

After emerging in late 2019, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 set off a global pandemic. New variants continue to infect people around the world.

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New COVID XEC variant: What you need to know

New COVID XEC variant: What you need to know

KP.3 was the "predominant" SARS-CoV-2 variant in the US. It has now joined with another variant and become XEC.
ScienceOctober 22, 2024
A demonstrator reacts in front of police officers during a protest against the government's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Kassel, March, 20, 2021.

Germany grapples with divisive impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Germany grapples with divisive impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Masks, lockdowns and social distancing: Rarely has government policy polarized society as it did over COVID-19.
PoliticsOctober 19, 2024
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How yoga can help with Long COVID

How yoga can help with Long COVID

Chronic fatigue can be a long-term aftereffect of COVID-19. It's debilitating. Could yoga help?
ScienceOctober 1, 202406:20 min
Samples of Bavartian Nordic's mpox vaccine Imvanex

Mpox outbreak: Are vaccine makers prepared?

Mpox outbreak: Are vaccine makers prepared?

Africa faces a shortage of mpox vaccines as a serious new mpox variant spreads on the continent.
BusinessAugust 21, 2024
An electron microscope image of Mpox virus particles

Fact check: No link between mpox and COVID vaccination

Fact check: No link between mpox and COVID vaccination

Misinformation online links the current mpox outbreak to COVID-19 vaccines. What is the truth behind the claims?
HealthAugust 19, 2024
A Berlin waitress is seen wearing a mask in May 2021

A summer COVID surge – should we worry?

A summer COVID surge – should we worry?

Experts are warning about a summer COVID surge. What does the latest data show, and should we take precautions?
HealthAugust 15, 2024
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Jens Spahn removing his FFP2 mask at a press conference in March 2021

COVID-19: German gov't suffers defeat in 'face mask scandal'

Germany tried to backtrack on a deal to pay high prices for masks, but a court has ruled it will have to foot the bill.
PoliticsJuly 23, 2024
A Chinese flag flaps in the wind in front of cargo containers on the dock of a Chinese port

Will China ever overtake the US economy?

China's ambition to be the world's largest economy has been dented by COVID-19, property woes and an aging population.
BusinessJuly 15, 2024
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Turkey tops renewed spike in European incarceration rate

Europe's prison population rate is up for the second year in a row, marking what may be the end of a decade of decline.
SocietyJune 6, 2024
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AstraZeneca withdraws COVID-19 vaccine, citing low demand

The company says the decision is due to commercial reasons and not related to any rare side effects it may have caused.
ScienceMay 8, 2024
A child in China gets swabbed for COVID-19

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin

We still don't know whether COVID originated in nature or leaked from a lab, but here's why finding out matters.
ScienceMarch 14, 2024
A bottle of tablets containing hydroxychloroquine

Hydroxychloroquine: COVID 'cure' linked to 17,000 deaths

Amidst the panic of the first wave of COVID-19, existing drugs were repurposed as a treatment. Some ideas were fatal.
ScienceJanuary 10, 2024
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