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Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The Western Hemisphere, despite holding only 18% of the world's 7.9 billion population, has nearly a majority of coronavirus-related deaths and nearly 40% of the infections with five nations in the top 10 for most…

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen received her first dose of a domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as it began its rollout of the two-shot regimen. Tsai, at a gymnasium in Taipei's Taiwan University…

Aug. 22 (UPI) -- so Two days before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics, coronavirus cases are surging in Japan at record levels, joining hotspots in the United States and Indonesia. On Sunday, Japan reported 22,302 cases…

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- As the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues its rapid spread, protesters took to the streets in France and Australia on Saturday to push back against pandemic restrictions. France saw more than 200 demonstrations…

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The United States could soon see more than 200,000 new COVID-19 cases every day as the more contagious Delta variant continues to spread, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday. NIH Director Dr.…

Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival known locally as Jazz Fest has been canceled for a second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said. The 10-day spring festival, which was canceled last…

July 18 (UPI) -- Britain is dealing with a contrasting coronavirus situation: surging cases despite nearly 70% of its population receiving at least one vaccine dose and plans to ease restrictions, including in England on Monday.…

July 8 (UPI) -- Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are developing a booster shot for their COVID-19 vaccine along with a new vaccine construct targeting the Delta variant. The companies said real-world evidence from the…

July 8 (UPI) -- The global death toll to the coronavirus pandemic has topped 4 million lives lost as the World Health Organization repeats its warning against vaccine nationalism. According to a live tracker of the virus by Johns…

June 20 (UPI) -- As coronavirus subsides through much of the world, the pandemic is surging in Russia with a record daily cases increase last week and the most deaths in three months. Globally, fatalities dropped 10% and…