Health & Medicine

Driven by delta variant, COVID-19 surges across Africa

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JOHANNESBURG — Driven by the delta variant, a new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across the African continent where new cases, hospital admissions, and...

Matsuyama tests positive for COVID, withdraws in Detroit

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DETROIT — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has withdrawn from the Rocket Mortgage Classic after testing positive for COVID-19. ...

Germany’s Merkel makes last UK visit before leaving office

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LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is likely to push Angela Merkel to drop her efforts to impose COVID-19 restrictions on British travelers...

EXPLAINER: How California could recall its governor

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LOS ANGELES — California will hold a recall election Sept. 14 that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. The date was...

Paris airport workers block terminal to protest pay cut

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PARIS — Paris airport workers protesting pay cuts on Friday blocked a busy terminal at a Charles de Gaulle Airport and skirmished with police,...

Fiji set for gold defense; New Zealand women aim for upgrade

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: The first Olympic gold medal ever awarded in rugby sevens went to the Australian women's team. The Aussies held off archrival...

Will one dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine protect me?

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LONDON — Will one dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine protect me? ...

VIRUS DIARY: The unfinished business of a funeral deferred

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It dawned on me recently at the Nashville airport that the pandemic wouldn't end at the same time for everybody. I...

Governor extends Indiana’s COVID-19 emergency through July

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s COVID-19 precautions further eased Thursday under new executive orders issued by the governor, even as he cited worries about the state’s...

Colony of shy Albanian pelicans flourishes during pandemic

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DIVJAKA, Albania — The pandemic has brought one good thing to western Albania's Divjaka-Karavasta Lagoon — badly needed peace and quiet for endangered mating...