WATCH: WHO chief says COVID-19 pandemic is ‘not even close to being over’
The head of the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic is "not even close to being over" and that the outbreak is accelerating globally.
Hunger stalks children in Yemen as UN cuts aid programs
The U.N. children's agency warned about last week that millions of children in war-torn Yemen could be pushed to the brink of starvation as the coronavirus sweeps across the Arab world's poorest country.
German region in new lockdown after slaughterhouse outbreak
German authorities on Tuesday slapped new lockdown measures on a western region that has had a surge of coronavirus infections linked to a slaughterhouse.
WATCH: Officials testify on international response to COVID-19
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing June 18 on U.S. international pandemic preparedness, prevention and response as it relates to COVID-19.
As state and local governments reopen their economies from pandemic closures, public health experts say there are ways to get out of the house while limiting your chance of contracting and spreading the coronavirus.
Hundreds of people marched in Hong Kong's streets on Tuesday to mark a year since the start of anti-government protests, as the leader of the semi-autonomous city called for peace and stability.
The coronavirus is spreading throughout Yemen, a country that has been devastated by five years of civil war.
The United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are urging that governments and others unite in developing a "people's vaccine" to protect everyone against the coronavirus.
As Brazil and India struggle with surging coronavirus cases, a top health expert is warning that the world is still smack in the middle of the pandemic, dampening hopes for a speedy global economic rebound and renewed international travel.
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