The coronavirus crisis in India has created diplomatic and humanitarian challenges for the Biden administration

With coronavirus cases surging to record levels, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a harsh nationwide lockdown amid a debate whether restrictions imposed by individual states are enough

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have faced harassment and attacks in many settings during the pandemic

Countries fighting new surges of the coronavirus are trying to ensure they arent hit by an India-style disaster

COVID-19 deaths have hit new peaks in Argentina, but the intensive care unit at the San Andres clinic in the capital is oddly silent

Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks have resumed large group tours with safety measures intended to limit the spread of COVID-19, including wearing masks and being tested within 72 hours before the trip or showing proof of vaccination

The coronavirus crisis in India has created diplomatic and humanitarian challenges for the Biden administration

The Alabama House of Representatives has overcome years of resistance in approving medical marijuana legislation

Italy is set to start a mass vaccination campaign on some of its small, remote islands where numbers of residents and health care services are limited

Germany making the AstraZeneca vaccine available immediately to all adults

The Biden administrations call to lift patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help poor parts of the world get more doses has drawn praise from some countries and health advocates

The CEOs of pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna have joined cardinals, academics and the lead guitarist of Aerosmith in opening a unique Vatican conference on COVID-19 and other global health threats

New British government figures show that alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales jumped by a fifth in 2020 to reach their highest level in two decades

Russian authorities have given regulatory approval to a single-dose version of the countrys Sputnik V vaccine

The newly named 2021 National Teacher of the Year says a silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic is that educators are embracing a flexible approach that meets students where they are

The constitutionality of North Carolinas ban on abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy is being weighed by a federal appeals court

Infections in India have hit another grim daily record as demand for medical oxygen jumped sevenfold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad

The EU's executive arm has proposed that EU nations join forces to develop and deploy COVID-19 treatments across the 27-nation bloc

Thailand is assuring its foreign residents that they can get COVID-19 vaccinations, countering comments by some officials suggesting they would be at the end of the line for inoculations

European Union President Ursula von der Leyen says that the 27-nation bloc is ready to talk about a U.S. proposal to share the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic

Memories from earlier in the COVID-19 crisis are popping back up in people's social media feeds as throwback reminders, reposts and anniversary stories crack open the digital time capsule of the pandemic before its even over

Indonesia is prohibiting travel during the popular homecoming period to celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Soldiers and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital

Indias large diaspora is tapping its wealth, growing political clout and expertise to help India combat a catastrophic coronavirus surge that has led to desperate pleas for oxygen and left people to die outside overwhelmed hospitals

The military and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital amid concerns of a growing coronavirus outbreak

Australias drastic COVID-19 strategies of preventing its citizens leaving the country and returning from India are being challenged in court

Nearly two decades after an Australian woman was convicted of killing her four children, dozens of scientists are backing the claim that they may have died of natural causes

Cruise lines can soon begin trial voyages in U.S. waters

The GOP-dominated Texas state House grave preliminary approval to a measure that would ban abortions after as early six weeks which is before many women know they are pregnant and allow private citizens to enforce the rule through civil lawsuits

The Oregon Senate has passed a bill that would mandate safe storage of guns and ban them from the state Capitol

The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic

The owner of a Maryland physical therapy business is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to not paying more than $258,000 in federal employment taxes

Trade Rep: Biden admin backs waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines to speed pandemic's end

The World Trade Organization chief has appealed to member states to present and negotiate over a text that could lead to a temporary easing of trade rules that protect COVID-19 vaccine technology

Witness testimony has begun in a landmark opioid trial in which local governments in West Virginia have sued three large drug distributors that have been accused of fueling the opioid epidemic

The New York City public school system has designated Oct. 11 as Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous Peoples Day

Teams of experts are projecting that COVID-19s toll on the U.S. will wane dramatically by the end of July

Canadas health regulators say they've become the first to authorize Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine for people as young as 12

AP source: Canada's heath regulator authorizes Pfizers vaccine for ages 12 to 16

Indias foreign minister has pulled out of in-person meetings at a Group of Seven gathering in London because of possible exposure to the coronavirus

Scotland holds an election Thursday that could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom

The European Union is planning to tighten the foreign investment rules in the bloc to make sure that local producers and industries are no longer undercut by non-EU investors that have faced slacker rules up to now

Malaysian rubber maker Top Glove says it hopes to swiftly resolve a U.S. ban on its products due to allegations of forced labor after one of its shipments was seized at a U.S. port

Health officials rushed to vaccinate thousands of people in Bangkoks biggest slum on Wednesday as new COVID-19 cases spread through densely populated low-income areas in the capitals central business district

It has taken a populist Shiite clerics public endorsement of vaccinations and images of him getting the shot to turn Iraq's faltering vaccine rollout around

Indias government is facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in new coronaviorus cases, and a court in New Delhi will decide whether to punish officials for failing to end an erratic supply of oxygen to overstretched hospitals

Authorities extended a lockdown in Nepals capital Kathmandu and surrounding districts by another week on Wednesday as the Himalayan nation recorded its highest daily tolls of COVID-19 infection and death

A Native American tribe in northern Montana is giving unused COVID-19 vaccines to its First Nations relatives and others from neighboring communities in Canada

First lady Jill Biden plans to speak at a Salt Lake City school as the U.S. makes uneven progress toward reopening classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic

Many parents and educators are excited over the news that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine by next week for youngsters ages 12 to 15