SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea said Friday it will lift its outdoor mask mandate next week in response to a steady drop in COVID-19 cases after an omicron-fueled surge.
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COVID-19 vaccine - Vaccines are widely available. In many cases, you do not need an appointment.
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A study released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that infants are less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 if their mothers are vaccinated during their pregnancy.
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Two years into the pandemic, health systems are still facing significant challenges in providing essential health services
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New York authorities have arrested two Long Island nurses who officials say made more than $1.5 million by forging COVID-19 vaccination cards.
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Russia's population declined by more than half a million in 2021, and COVID-19 is being blamed as one of the main reasons.
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Record debt and deficits during the pandemic prompted many nations to suspend their fiscal rules.
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Over the past two years, the media, politicians, public health authorities, and others have paid close attention to the number of lives lost to COVID-19: more than 800,000 Americans so far. Yet we hear much less about a second number: the Americans who have lost their health to COVID-19.
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Several countries in Europe and Central Asia are reporting an explosion in coronavirus cases amid warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) that a new "west-to-east tidal wave" of the super-contagious Omicron variant could lead to more than half the population of Europe catching COVID-19 within the next two months.
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