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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea saw its deadliest day of the pandemic on Saturday, xjmtzywreporting 112 fatalities in the latest 24-hour period, as it grapples with a wave of …

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea saw its deadliest day of the pandemic on Saturday, reporting 112 fatalities in the latest 24-hour period, as it grapples with a wave of …

Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday. The Centers for Disease …

HONG KONG — Guada, a mother of two young children and pregnant with twins, cries herself to sleep at night, worried that Hong Kong’s severe COVID-19 rules will separate her …

OTTAWA — Canada’s chief public health officer says governments should be prepared to bring back public health measures in case of another serious variant of COVID-19. Several provinces have begun …

SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Authorities are seeking a Southern California warehouse manager who is accused of stealing more than US$1 million worth of COVID-19 tests from his employer’s clinic. Carlitos …

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will …

WHITEHORSE — Yukon’s premier says the territory is set to move ahead with plans to ease many COVID-19 restrictions starting next week. Sandy Silver says capacity limits on gatherings will …

The coronavirus mutant widely known as "stealth Omicron" is now causing more than a third of new Omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don’t know how it could …