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A 5-year-old boy gets his first dose of China's Sinovac vaccine, at a vaccination center in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. 
COVID-19
Why Chile moved ahead with COVID vaccines for the very young
A medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Gostinny Dvor, a huge exhibition place in Moscow, Russia.
COVID-19
Russia tests vaccine science by combining Sputnik and Astrazeneca in new trial
Eusebio Torres waits to be vaccinated as a nurse prepares the dose of the Cuban Abdala COVID-19 vaccine at the Gustavo Aldereguia hospital in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Sunday, May 30, 2021.
COVID-19
Cuba’s promise of a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine  
A member of the National Guard, center, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a farmworker.
COVID-19
Vaccine mandates aren’t new. But do they work?
Emine Aslan, a doctor on the vaccine team, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine for a patient in Ömerova
COVID-19
Turkey’s health workers hike steep mountains to deliver vaccines in isolated villages
A stadium is set up as a vaccination drive site in France.
Health & Medicine
French citizens can choose a preferred jab. Some say ‘vaccine shopping’ leads to waste.
Anita Anand, Canada's Minister of Public Services and Procurement opens a box with some of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses that Canada has secured through a deal with the Serum Institute of India in partnership with Verity Pharma at a facility in M
COVID-19
A Canadian company challenges vaccine rules to increase access 
Several long lines of traffic cones are shown winding around an empty parking lot.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Coronavirus vaccine acceptance and public attitudes
A person receives a jab from a health worker wearing white gloves
Top of The World
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 79% effective, US trial shows
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address to a restricted parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. 
South Africa changes course on vaccine rollout after disappointing study
A pregnant woman wearing a red shirt holds her belly with a plastic gloved hand.
COVID-19
Should pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine? An immunologist answers 3 questions.
KEMRI’s principal investigator, George Warimwe, for the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial is shown at the KEMRI Wellcome Trust lab in Kilifi, Kenya, on Nov. 13, 2020.
Kenya launches Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine trial amid second wave of coronavirus
Global Politics
US apologizes for 1940s Guatemala Syphilis experiments