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Europe is at the center of the monkeypox outbreak — and it must act quickly to prevent the virus from becoming established, the WHO says. Here, a medical laboratory technician works with suspected monkeypox samples to be tested at La Paz hospital in Madrid, Spain, last month.

New monkeypox cases have tripled in Europe since June 15, the WHO regional chief says

The monkeypox outbreak is expanding, and Europe is at its center, says Dr. Hans Kluge.

Workers remove security fencing surrounding the U.S. Capitol on Saturday.

Senators Unveil Competing Funding Proposals For Capitol Police Now Short On Cash

Weeks before the police agency is slated to run out of money, the Democratic Senate Appropriations chair and the panel's ranking Republican introduced competing emergency funding bills.

United Airlines pilot Steve Lindland receives a COVID-19 vaccine at O'Hare International Airport.

United Airlines Says Almost All Its Workers Are Vaccinated; Some Others May Be Fired

The airline says 99% of its U.S. workforce has either gotten the shots or applied for religious or medical exemptions, while fewer than 600 employees will be fired for refusing to comply.

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles, shown here last month at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, is seeking a second all-around Olympic gold medal.

Tokyo Olympics: 10 Storylines That Make These Summer Games Unique

Against great odds, the world's top athletes are about to take the spotlight. Here are some key things to keep an eye out for during the first half of the Summer Olympic Games.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

Pentagon Will Deploy Troops To Assist COVID-19 Vaccine Drive; California's First Stop

President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month. Two are opening in California, and Slavitt said military personnel will arrive at those centers in a little over a week.

A COVID-19 vaccine is drawn at the vaccination site at CSU San Marcos. Feb. 22, 2021.

San Diego County Inches Closer To Vaccination Goals, Reports 111 COVID-19 Cases

San Diego County public health officials reported 111 new COVID-19 infections and one death Thursday as first-dose vaccinations inch closer to a county-set goal of inoculating 75% of the eligible population.

The most distant galaxy ever discovered, GN-z11, is shown within a Hubble Space Telescope deep sky survey and highlighted in the inset. This galaxy existed only 400 million years after the Big Bang.

This new space telescope should show us what the universe looked like as a baby

The upcoming launch of NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope should let astronomers see what some of the universe's first stars and galaxies looked like soon after the Big Bang.

A map of San Diego showing COVID-19 outbreak locations is pictured in this undated graphic.

Here's Where COVID-19 Outbreaks Have Happened In San Diego County

If you’ve gone out at all since the pandemic first struck, you quite likely walked into a place where an outbreak occurred, according to the KPBS analysis of 1,006 outbreak records dating from March through the end of November.

An aerial view of the Totten mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Nearly 40 miners were trapped underground for more than a day after its elevator system broke, and evacuated by climbing up a series of ladders.

Workers Escape From A Canadian Mine After A 10-Hour Vertical Climb

Most of the 39 trapped miners have reached the surface after climbing more than half a mile on a series of ladders. The Totten mine elevator system was damaged on Sunday.

A beach closure sign is posted at Imperial Beach due to water pollution, Feb. 13, 2017.

San Diego County unveils a new warning system for ocean pollution

San Diego County is adding a new warning sign in an effort to keep beaches, especially those in the South Bay, open this summer.

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