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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing about the federal response to the coronavirus on Capitol Hill…

People wait in lines for nucleic acid tests in Guangzhou, China on May 26, 2021.Visual China Group | Getty ImagesGUANGZHOU, China - Authorities in southern China's Guangdong Province are conducting mass tests and have closed areas to…

A health worker tends to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient supported by a mechanical ventilator and undergoing dialysis at the COVID-19 emergency room of the government hospital National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon…

If you haven't yet mastered the name of the latest variant of the coronavirus to turn nations upside down - B.1.617.2, as evolutionary biologists call it - then don't worry: the World Health Organization has proposed a solution.The group…

Hounslow, London, which has become one of the U.K.'s biggest hotspots for the variant of coronavirus first identified in India, on Thursday 27th May 2021.Tejas Sandhu | MI News | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesCases of the Covid-19 variant first…

A healthcare worker holds syringes of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination center in El Paso, Texas on May 6, 2021.Jose Luis Gonzalez | ReutersA new study has found that two doses of the vaccine…

People take their lunch break in the Raffles Place financial district in Singapore on May 5, 2021.Facebook Facebook Logo Log in to Facebook to connect with Roslan Rahman AFP | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE - Singapore has ordered Facebook,…

Busy bars and restaurants on Old Compton Street, Soho, in London in April 2021.SOPA pictures | LightRocket | Getty ImagesThe UK continued easing restrictions on its economy and social contact on Monday, but the spread of the variant of…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a televised press conference at 10 Downing Street on February 22, 2021 in London, England.Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned…

Health workers with personal protective equipment care for Covid-19 patients in a banquet room that was temporarily converted into a Covid care center in New Delhi on May 7, 2021.Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty ImagesIndia is grappling with a…