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FILE - In this June 28, 2016 file photo, Elizabeth Beisel competes in the women's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Beisel competed in three Olympics, but she's never taken on a challenge quite like this. Honoring her late father and raising money for cancer research, she's planning to swim more than 12 miles through cold ocean waters to a popular vacation island off the Rhode Island coast. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Beisel completes swim to Block Island to honor late father

Sep. 25, 2021 04:45 PM EDT

FILE- This Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, shows the Curevac company headquarters in Tuebingen, Germany. German vaccine maker CureVac said Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that interim data from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot show a comparatively low effectiveness in protecting people against COVID-19. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP, File)
CureVac: Vaccine data are 'sobering,' full results in weeks

Jun. 17, 2021 09:12 AM EDT

FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the spherical coronavirus particles from what was believed to be the first U.S. case of COVID-19. A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2019 — weeks before cases were first recognized by health officials. (C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/CDC via AP)
More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in US by Christmas 2019

By Mike Stobbe Jun. 15, 2021 09:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine trial volunteer is given an injection at St George's University hospital in London. Novavax says its vaccine appears effective against COVID-19 in a large study, including against variants. Results from the study in the U.S. and Mexico were released on Monday, June 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Novavax: Large study finds COVID-19 shot about 90% effective

By Linda A. Johnson Jun. 14, 2021 06:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 31, 2021 file photo, England's Raheem Sterling controls the ball during their World Cup 2022 group I qualifying soccer match against Poland at Wembley stadium in London, England. Queen Elizabeth II has used her birthday honors list to celebrate the achievements of people in the limelight, as well as those at the forefront of the U.K.'s rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines over the past few months. In the world of sport, Manchester City footballer Raheem Sterling was awarded an MBE, which makes him a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, for his efforts to promote racial equality in sport. (Catherine Ivill, Pool via AP, file)
Queen Elizabeth honors key women in UK's rapid vaccine drive

By Pan Pylas Jun. 11, 2021 05:30 PM EDT

Germany: Delay for CureVac shot won't hurt vaccine campaign

Jun. 09, 2021 01:10 PM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health ministry on Wednesday downplayed the possible impact on the country's coronavirus vaccine campaign after reports that the shot...

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020, file photo, skiers enjoy freshly-made snow on Aspen Mountain's opening day of the ski season in Aspen, Colo. Ski areas across the United States experienced a strong rebound this winter season despite public health restrictions put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic. Skier visits to U.S. resorts totaled 59 million this winter season, the fifth best on record, according to the Colorado-based National Ski Areas Association. A visit is considered the use of a lift ticket for any part of the day. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)
Study: US ski areas rebound despite COVID-19 restrictions

By Thomas Peipert Jun. 08, 2021 06:26 PM EDT

FILE - This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. The virus specifically targets T cells, which play a critical role in the body's immune response against invaders like bacteria and viruses. Colors were added by the source. Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a U.S. campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by 2030. (Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer, Austin Athman/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via AP)
Experts see strides on AIDS, but COVID-19 halted progress

By Mike Stobbe Jun. 04, 2021 09:44 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2021 file photo an advertising figure for Covid-19 rapid test stands in front of a small test center in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
The Latest: Melbourne pandemic lockdown extended to 2nd week

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2021 01:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2020, file photo, IOC President Thomas Bach visits the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed until July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo. Bach has canceled a trip in May 2021 to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday, May 10, 2021 in a statement. The trip was made impossible because of a state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of the country that has been extended until May 31. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP, Fo;e)
South Africa shows the complexities of IOC's vaccine offer

By Gerald Imray May. 28, 2021 01:49 PM EDT

Future pandemics targeted by new Oxford research center

By Danica Kirka May. 27, 2021 07:01 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Oxford University is launching an effort to bring together academic, industry and government experts from around the world to use the lessons...

Enrollment open for young children in Moderna vaccine study

May. 27, 2021 05:08 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-based health system is enrolling children ages 6 months to 11 years old for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine study. The...

FILE- In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, university football players wait for the snap on the line of scrimmage during practice in Tacoma, Wash. Heart inflammation is rare in Big Ten Conference athletes who’ve had COVID-19 and in most cases causes no obvious symptoms, according to the first data published from the Big Ten COVID-19 Cardiac Registry on Thursday, May 27, 2021, in JAMA Cardiology. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Heart inflammation after virus is rare in Big Ten athletes

By Lindsey Tanner May. 27, 2021 04:50 PM EDT

A couple with protective masks on dance at Republic square in Paris, Sunday, May 23, 2021. Cinemas, as cafe and restaurant terraces, museums, and theaters are reopening their doors after a shutdown of more than six months in the first stage of a government strategy to incrementally lift restrictions to stave off COVID-19, and give the French back some of their signature "joie de vivre." (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)
Study suggests French used more meds to cope with pandemic

May. 27, 2021 04:32 PM EDT

A medical worker prepares a dose of Sinopharm vaccine at a vaccination facility in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2021.T wo vaccines made by China’s Sinopharm appear to be safe and effective against COVID-19, according to a study published in a medical journal. Scientists have been waiting for more details about the two vaccines, even though they already are being used in many countries and one recently won the backing of the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Study: Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines appear safe, effective

By Victoria Milko And Huizhong Wu May. 27, 2021 09:44 AM EDT

Production of another COVID-19 vaccine to begin in weeks

May. 27, 2021 04:49 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they...

FILE - This undated image provided by Merck in October 2018 shows a vial and packaging for the Gardasil 9 vaccine. According to a study released on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, screening and the HPV vaccine have led to dramatic drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., but the gains are almost offset by a rise in other tumors caused by the virus. (Merck via AP)
US cervical cancers fall but other sex-related cancers rise

By Carla K. Johnson May. 19, 2021 05:08 PM EDT

Healthcare workers transport to a morgue the body of a patient who died from COVID-19 at Clinicas Hospital in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The Health Ministry reported that a record number of people died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 18. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
The Latest: Detroit archbishop ends mask rule for vaccinated

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 01:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this photo Nov.30, 2020 file photo the logo of French drug maker Sanofi is picture at the company's headquarters, in Paris. Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline's potential COVID-19 vaccine triggered strong immune responses in all adult age groups in preliminary trials, boosting optimism that the shot may join the fight against the pandemic by the end of this year. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Sanofi-GSK reports success in virus vaccine, after setback

May. 17, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

People pose in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue that is lit up with a message that reads in Portuguese; “Vaccination saves, united by the vaccine”, urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and encouraging vaccination in Brazil and throughout the world, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Brazil city offers COVID shots to all 18-60 as part of test

By Lucas Dumphreys And Debora Alvares May. 16, 2021 05:26 PM EDT