HEALTH

If China is to meet its tentative goal of vaccinating 80% of its population against the coronavirus by the end of the year, tens of millions of children are going to have to start rolling up their sleeves.

South Africa has been gripped by the mystery of whether a woman has, as has been claimed, actually given birth to 10 babies, in what would then be the world’s first recorded case of decuplets.

The Biden administration has exempted most employers from long-awaited rules for protecting workers from the coronavirus.

A new report says the $56,000 Alzheimer’s drug approved this week would raise Medicare premiums broadly.

Hospitals in Lebanon are warning that they may be forced to suspend kidney dialysis amid severe shortages in supplies.

As of June 10, Virginia is reporting 677,425 cases of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March 2020.

A retired high-ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration has testified that three large opioid distributors had a “systematic failure” in monitoring suspicious pill orders.

The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers last year.

Haiti has long perplexed experts with seemingly low infection and death rates from COVID-19 despite its rickety public health system, a total lack of vaccines and a widespread disdain for safety measures.

Health officials have warned since early on in the pandemic that obesity and related conditions such as diabetes were risk factors for severe COVID-19.

As of June 9, Virginia is reporting 677,210 cases of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March 2020.

France is back in business as a tourist destination after opening its borders Wednesday to foreign visitors who are inoculated against the coronavirus with vaccines approved by the European Union’s medicines agency.

Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines.

Australia’s second-largest city will emerge from its fourth pandemic lockdown Friday.

Federal regulators have approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, leaving patients waiting to see how insurers will handle the pricey new treatment.

Government health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer’s disease.

As of June 7, Virginia is reporting 676,831 cases of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March 2020.

Spain is jump-starting its summer tourism season by welcoming vaccinated visitors from most countries as well as European visitors who can prove they are not infected with coronavirus.

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered haunting memories for Americans who lived through an earlier time when the country was swept by a virus that appeared to have no cure.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his government will provide free coronavirus shots to any adult starting later this month and will take back control of the country’s vaccination drive, marred by delays and shortages.

Hawaii's governor is extending for two more months an eviction moratorium that he implemented during the coronavirus pandemic, but says he doesn’t expect to keep it longer than that.

Two months ago Radha Gobindo Pramanik and his wife threw a party to celebrate their daughter’s pregnancy and the upcoming birth of their long-awaited grandchild.

Japanese automaker Toyota has reached a settlement with the family of an engineer whose suicide was ruled a job-related death due to harassment from his boss.

As of June 6, Virginia is reporting 676,741 cases of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March 2020.

French health authorities are racing to contain scattered cases of the more contagious delta virus variant, as France prepares to reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors.

As the second school year disrupted by the pandemic winds down, summer school plans are taking shape around the country.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the Group of Seven wealthy democracies’ summit this week to urge world leaders to commit to vaccinating the global population by the end of 2022.

President Joe Biden has turned to his old boss for help encouraging Americans to sign up for the Obama-era health law during an expanded special enrollment period in the pandemic.

As of June 5, Virginia is reporting 676,586 cases of the coronavirus across the commonwealth since March 2020.

New England is giving the rest of the country a possible glimpse into the future if more Americans get vaccinated.