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FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, pilgrims walk around the Kabba at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia said Saturday, July 12, 2021, that this year's hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Saudi Ministry of Media via AP, File)
Saudi Arabia says hajj to be limited to 60,000 in kingdom

By Jon Gambrell Jun. 12, 2021 06:25 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Md. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens at right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden says US is securing 600 million vaccine doses by July

By Zeke Miller And Jonathan Lemire Feb. 11, 2021 04:05 PM EST

A medical worker wearing protective gear takes samples from a woman during a COVID-19 testing at a coronavirus testing site in Seoul, South Korea on Dec. 12, 2020. South Korea had seemed to be winning the fight against the coronavirus: Quickly ramping up its testing, contact-tracing and quarantine efforts paid off when it weathered an early outbreak without the economic pain of a lockdown. But a deadly resurgence has reached new heights during Christmas week, prompting soul-searching on how the nation sleepwalked into a crisis. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
After early success, S. Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis

By Kim Tong-Hyung Dec. 25, 2020 08:48 PM EST

In this Saturday, March, 14, 2020 photo provided by Regeneron, , left, and members of the company's infectious disease team pose for a photo as they celebrate their first discovery of potential antibodies to treat COVID-19. They had spent weeks drawing blood from early survivors across the globe and from mice with human-like immune systems - all to test thousands of potential treatments. (Regeneron via AP)
One company's quest for an antibody drug to fight COVID-19

By Marilynn Marchione Dec. 21, 2020 12:05 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, blood samples from volunteers participating in the last-stage testing of the COVID-19 vaccine by Moderna and the National Institutes wait to be processed in a lab at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami. Creating vaccines and properly testing them less than a year after the world discovered a never-before-seen disease is incredible. But the two U.S. frontrunners are made in a way that promises speedier development may become the norm -- especially if they prove to work long-term as well as they have in early testing. (AP Photo/Taimy Alvarez, File)
Years of research laid groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

By Lauran Neergaard Dec. 07, 2020 10:54 AM EST

Dr. Desiree Marshall, director of Autopsy and After Death Services for University of Washington Medicine, prepares samples from the preserved heart of a person who died of COVID-19 related complications, as she works in a negative-pressure laboratory, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Seattle. “Each autopsy has the chance to tell us something new,” she says. And those insights from the bodies of the dead could lead to more effective treatment of the living. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus

By Adam Geller And Malcolm Ritter Jul. 15, 2020 01:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, Gao Fu, foreground left, the head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks to journalists after a news conference about a virus outbreak at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. On Dec. 31, 2019, Gao dispatched a team of experts to Wuhan. Also on Dec. 31, the World Health Organization first learned about the cases from an open-source platform that scouts for intelligence on outbreaks, emergencies chief Michael Ryan has said. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2020 12:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo, people in San Francisco's Dolores Park sit inside painted circles designed to help them keep a healthy distance to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. A new analysis published in the journal Lancet on Monday, June 1, 2020, provides reassurance that masks and social distancing help but hand washing and other measures are still needed to control the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
Masks and social distancing work, new analysis finds

By Carla K. Johnson Jun. 01, 2020 06:43 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2020 03:31 PM EDT
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ April 28 The Index-Journal on being safe...

FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo, people wearing protective masks queue up to go in a garden store in Munich, Germany. As the restrictions are eased, Chancellor Angela Merkel has pointed to South Korea as an example of how Germany will have to improve measures to “get ahead” of the pandemic with more testing and tracking of cases so that the rate of infections can be slowed. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Preparation, quick action aid Germany, SKorea virus fight

By David Rising Apr. 22, 2020 04:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2020 file photo, people walk to a shopping center as many smaller stores are allowed to open in Essen, Germany. Europe's biggest economy, starts reopening some of its stores and factories after weeks of lockdown due to the new coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Preparation, quick action aid Germany, SKorea virus fight

By David Rising Apr. 22, 2020 03:35 PM EDT