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John Calhoun of Flathead County has diabetes and was convinced by an old friend to get vaccinated, through he suspects the coronavirus isn't as dangerous as health officials say it is. He's hoping vaccination will ease divisions over masking.

Families, Communities Divided Over COVID Vaccination In Rural Montana

In sprawling Flathead County, only 25% of adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Public health experts worry about reservoirs of potential outbreaks as neighbors still debate the virus' danger.

Kurtis Smith gives the Moderna coronavirus vaccine to a resident at Red Hook Neighborhood Senior Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday.

Why The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Has Gotten A Bad Rap — And Why That's Not Fair

By some measures, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may appear to be less effective than Moderna and Pfizer. But Dr. Ashish Jha says when it comes to hospitalizations and deaths, it's just as good.

Lightning may have played a key role in the emergence of life on Earth.

How A Building Block Of Life Got Created In A Flash

Lightning strikes may have supplied a key ingredient that allowed life to emerge on early Earth, according to a new study of "fossilized" lightning.

Part of <strong></strong>the <em>Twelve Minor Prophets</em> scroll, written in Greek.

Archaeologists Discover Additional Dead Sea Scroll Fragments In Desert Caves

A four-year effort by Israeli archaeologists searched 500 caves near the Dead Sea. In addition to ancient parchments and papyri, they found an intricately woven basket more than 10,000 years old.

A vial of a COVID-19 vaccine at the CSU San Marcos vaccination site. Feb. 22, 2021.

San Diego County Reports 499 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 Deaths

San Diego County public health officials reported 499 new COVID-19 infections and 12 deaths Friday, increased the county's totals to 262,360 cases and 3,371 deaths.

Rains have washed away the top layer of sand of shallow graves at a cremation ground on the banks of the Ganges River in Shringverpur, northwest of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Coronavirus testing is limited in parts of rural India, but some of the people buried there are believed to have died of COVID-19.

In Rural India, Less COVID-19 Testing, More Fear — And A Few Ventilators For Millions

Hospitals are full. Testing is scant. Illiteracy is high. Most deaths are never registered. COVID-19's wrath in rural India is difficult to measure but public health experts are worried.

Afghan Interpreters Who Await Visas After Helping The U.S. Now Fear For Their Lives

"Every day, you can see an increase in the Taliban's presence," an Afghan who worked with the U.S. tells NPR. "What am I going to do after September? ... Am I going to even be alive by December?"

Specialist Meric Greenbaum, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Black Friday. Stocks dropped after a coronavirus variant appears to be spreading across the globe.

Stocks and oil prices drop as the world reacts to new coronavirus variant omicron

Stock markets around the world tumbled on concerns about the new variant. While it's too soon to tell exactly how the variant functions, virologists are rushing to learn more.

Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., are betting that the era of big government is back.

Democrats Used To Run From Big Government Label; They're Now Embracing It

The pandemic, a changing party makeup and a softening approach to debt and deficit have combined to give the party space to embrace expensive policies that would have been unheard of a few years ago.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Mountain Top Inn and Resort on October 27, 2020 in Warm Springs, Georgia.

Coronavirus Is A Key Campaign Issue: What's Joe Biden's Plan?

With cases surging, the coronavirus pandemic is heating up as an election issue. Voters have seen President Trump's approach to the crisis play out in real-time, but how would Biden handle things?

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