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Watchdog warned months before U.S. pullout Afghanistan's air force would collapse

American authorities had been alerted that Afghanistan's air force did not have the capabilities to survive after a U.S. withdrawal.

8-year-old Kainoa Ranjo gets his first COVID vaccine shot. San Diego, Nov. 15, 2021.

Amid low COVID vaccine rates, more California children hospitalized in omicron surge

Child vaccination rates are relatively low, and children that contract COVID-19 could be at increased risk for rare conditions and diabetes.

Here's what's driving the lowest COVID immunization rates around the world

Some countries around the globe are still struggling to get people vaccinated. Dozens of countries still haven't gotten 10% of their populations vaccinated.

An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.

December 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the December 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

Europe braces for the omicron wave

The World Health Organization said more than half of Europe will be infected with COVID in the coming weeks. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Hans Kluge of the WHO on what that means for the region.

A federal judge on Friday ordered Martin Shkreli, seen here in 2016, to return $64.6 million in profits he and his company reaped from inflating the price of the lifesaving drug Daraprim and barred him from participating in the pharmaceutical industry for the rest of his life.

'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli is ordered to return $64M, barred from drug industry

Martin Shkreli, who is serving a seven-year prison sentence for fraud, must return profits he and his former company reaped from raising the price of a lifesaving drug, a federal judge ruled.

This colorized transmission electron micrograph image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. This specimen was isolated from a patient in the United States. Particles of the virus (yellow) are emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab (pink).

Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder

A look at the data that omicron is less severe. What does that mean for the future of SARS-CoV-2 — and the pandemic?

For the 36 countries with the lowest vaccination rates, supply isn't the only issue

Even as wealthy countries hit 80% vaccination rates, a number of countries have not even vaccinated 1 in 10 citizens. Our interactive map shows the vaccination landscape.

People and cars line up outside of Boston Medical Center near the emergency room where COVID-19 testing was taking place during the Omicron surge in Boston on Jan. 3, 2022.

ERs are overwhelmed as omicron continues to flood them with patients

Omicron may cause milder disease, but the sheer number of patients makes this wave far worse for the health care system. With packed emergency rooms, patients can wait days to get moved to a bed.

President Joe Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2022.

You'll be able to order free at-home COVID test kits starting on Wednesday

The Biden administration announced Friday that Americans can begin ordering free at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 19. Orders can be placed using the website COVIDtests.gov.

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