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COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023.
COVID-19
Pandemic recovery will require much focus and attention, Dr. Atul Gawande says
A woman walks outside of a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport In Incheon, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2023. 
COVID-19
‘The pandemic is still with us’: The bumpy road to the end of COVID
White Sand beach on Boracay Island, in the Philippines.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The return of Chinese tourists restores hope in the Philippines’ tourism industry
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, waves hello to the committee at the start of a House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
COVID-19
People shouldn’t put their guard down when it comes to COVID, Fauci says
President Joe Biden meets with the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the omicron variant in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 4, 2022
COVID-19
‘Hope is not a plan’: Dr. Atul Gawande says global COVID funding is dwindling but the crisis continues
People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk along the street in Tokyo, Japan
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: What researchers have learned about the omicron variant
A man gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at a site near Johannesburg, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. 
COVID-19
At least 9 African countries set to produce COVID vaccines, Africa’s CDC chief says
People wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 walk in downtown Lisbon
COVID-19
A COVID variant of concern or just another ‘scare-iant?’
A pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The pandemic, women’s health and pregnancy
The exterior of Pfizer in Groton, Conn. Pfizer Inc.
Top of The World
Pfizer announces ‘highly effective’ pill to combat COVID
A nurse prepares a syringe for a patient infected with the coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Syrian American Medical Society Hospital
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The challenges of vaccinating people in conflict zones
Before the pandemic, each student in the Uruguayan public system already had a personal computer under Plan Ceibal, which started in 2007. 
Education
Uruguay’s virtual education was ahead of the curve when the pandemic hit
In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, signs on a bank of computers tell visitors that the machines are not working at the public library in Wilmer, Texas. 
Critical State
Checking in on the pandemic: Part II
Men in suits, some wearing masks and sunglasses stand together
Leaders
Will Ghebreyesus’ pandemic report card earn him a second WHO term?
A photo of a bin of used syringes inside a trailer.
COVID-19
Pandemic report: ‘We are not short on recommendations. We are short on action.’
A man in a yellow shirt helps fix the bike of an elder leaning over bike wearing casual clothes and cap
Community
Oakland’s Chinatown finds solutions to hate crimes
A volunteer receives a shot
Health & Medicine
Demographics, preparedness may explain Africa’s low COVID-19 fatality rates
Leah Weiss, who is also a medial clown named Rosie, has been working in the COVID-19 ward of a Jerusalem hospital most of this year.
COVID-19
To cheer up COVID-19 patients, Israeli hospitals send in the clowns
Emily Mao, second from left, joined a co-living community of students in Hangzhou, China, who are studying online — often overnight — at US and Canada-based colleges and universities.
Education
Kept from foreign universities during pandemic, Chinese students form ‘study pods’ in shared housing
In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, a Russian medical worker administers a shot of Russia's experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia.
COVID-19
The key to combating vaccine hesitancy? Deep listening, tailored messaging.
Empty office desks in a building in DC
Jobs
Do offices have a future?
CDC Director Dr. Redfield and Dr. Fauci leave a meeting together. A screen displays the text, "Opening Up America Again."
American exceptionalism in a pandemic
Politics with Amy Walter: The Next President of the United States
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Politics with Amy Walter: Final Thoughts Before Election Day
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Schoolchildren joke around and play at the Olympic Primary School in Kibera, Kenya, on Oct. 12, 2020.
Education
After months of closure, Kenya’s schools adjust to sudden reopening
A woman sticks her tongue out and a medical worker sticks a test swab in patient's mouth.
COVID-19
Qingdao tests all 9 million residents for COVID-19
Veronica Gomez, who was traveling with her partner and her son, receives backpacks from a humanitarian worker on Oct 1. The backpacks included energy bars, toiletries and ski masks, for the cold weather.
Migration
Amid pandemic, Venezuelans hit the road again in search of work
Woman in PPE holds up a vaccine
Economics
Global economic inequalities could grow worse with a vaccine for COVID-19
Four vertical syringes of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19
Pandemic set to widen global inequality
Norwegian youth sit on the ground while spending time outdoors on a lake.
Lifestyle
Norwegian outdoor living concept ‘friluftsliv’ could be valuable pandemic coping strategy
A padlock motif on fabric produced by Ghana Textiles Printing represents the lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19
This Ghanaian company is producing fabric with motifs inspired by COVID-19
James Smurthwaite stands next to the obituary sign he made to honor his late neighbor Eugene Deutsch. 
A Paris neighborhood honors 92-year-old Holocaust survivor who died after COVID-19 bout
Green trees in the corner with wide swath of cleared forest in the center
COVID-19
Slowing deforestation could save humanity from the next pandemic
Politics with Amy Walter: In Pursuit of a Coronavirus Vaccine
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Contact tracers are pictured in a room
COVID-19 threatens global progress in fight against other communicable diseases 
Dr. Georgina Keogh, a doctor at St George’s Hospital in London, stands beside a portrait of her painted by artist Jane Clatworthy as part of an NHS portrait series project.
Coronavirus Art
‘Portraits for NHS Heroes’ honors UK’s frontline health workers
Residents listen from a bench, background, as Percibald García reads children's books aloud outside the high-rise buildings in the Tlatelolco housing complex, in Mexico City, on July 18, 2020.
COVID-19
This Mexico City architect transformed an empty public square into a storytelling stage
Three women wearing masks hang signs on a laundry wire.
COVID-19
The future of our pandemic
Jacob Cuenca, 18, a registered Republican, poses outside his home in Homestead, Florida, on May 21, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
The pandemic upended this Latino teen’s senior year. Now it’s upended his politics.
People wear face masks as they shop in a main market in Jerusalem, Israel, July 16, 2020.
COVID-19
Israel considers a second lockdown as coronavirus cases surge
A police officer wearing a face mask asks for identification documents to a driver in one of the neighborhoods where the mayor's office decreed strict quarantine, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease, in Bogota, Colombia, July 14, 2020.
Bogotá tries ‘staggered quarantine’ to slow coronavirus spread
Luke DeBoer, left, and fiancée Ida Marie Rygg on a trip to Kjerag mountain in Norway. Closed borders during the coronavirus pandemic separated them for months.
COVID-19
‘Love is essential’: Some EU countries relax rules for separated cross-border couples
S3 E5 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – Democracy! (Yawn)
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A restaurant posts a closed sign in Melbourne
COVID-19
Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne’s latest lockdown
Empty sun beds on an empty beach with blue sky
Business, Economics and Jobs
Tourism in Tunisia reopens — with precautions
A students sits on the steps of Widener Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 21, 2009.
Education
Universities scramble to help international students stay in US after new visa restrictions
A circular, close-up model of the SARS-CoV-2, known as the novel coronavirus, modeled in blue, orange and white.
COVID-19
Social media misinformation is ‘growing threat’ to coronavirus vaccine efforts, survey shows
Employees dehead Louisiana white shrimp at C.F. Gollott & Son Seafood in D'Iberville, Mississippi, June 3, 2010.
Immigration
US seafood workers fight unsafe job conditions amid pandemic
A close up of a man speaking into a microphone
COVID-19
Fauci on slowing COVID-19: People ‘can’t think of themselves in a vacuum’
Wild boar next to apartment buildings
Environment
COVID-19 lockdowns are a unique chance to study human-wildlife interactions, researchers say
people stand socially distanced in front of a school
Education
Pandemic-prompted remote education efforts get a failing grade
A man is shown wearing a blue shirt with "Lagos Food Bank" written on it while carrying a cardboard box on his back.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: How the coronavirus crisis is exacerbating food insecurities and global inequities
Marlene Herrera, 18, is a first-time voter in San Diego County.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latina teen says the pandemic will mark her generation — and shape her vote
People wearing face masks walk at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower, as France began a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, May 16, 2020.
Some public figures eschew masks. Scientists say wear them.
A man in Malawi wearing a blue shirt explains a document to an elderly woman wearing a white head wrap outside
Elections
Malawians vote for president (again) amid pandemic 
Visitors look at a memorial at the site of the arrest of George Floyd, who died while in police custody, in Minneapolis, June 14, 2020.
COVID-19
Why many in public health support anti-racism protests — with some precautions amid coronavirus
Paul Whelan is shown standing in a glass enclosed box wearing a sweater with two men standing out side of the glass wearing balaclavas.
Top of The World
Russia, Philippines hand down controversial convictions; Beijing lockdowns return; New Zealand sports fans return to stadiums
Allyson Plumberg and her family plan to return from Sweden to the United States. Plumberg says Sweden's response to the coronavirus has changed the way she views life in the country. 
COVID-19
Sweden’s handling of coronavirus drives some people to relocate    
People stand on a train platform
COVID-19
‘Travel bubbles’: Who’s in and who’s out of the plan to save global tourism
A man wearing a protective face mask and hat walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building
Top of The World
OECD predicts worst non-wartime recession in 100 years; Britain marks 2 months without burning coal for electricity