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Rapid COVID tests are distributed in Brooklyn in late December. Self-tests are in short supply in many parts of the country.

A guide to COVID tests: When to test, what kind to use and what your results mean

We answer key questions about COVID tests: What types are there? Should you self-test right after exposure to someone with COVID? And what should you do if you test positive?

Some of Afghanistan's most talented young soccer players, members of what used to be the girls national team, gather for practice in Lisbon, Portugal, in November.

An Afghan girls soccer team rebelled to play the game they love. Now they're refugees

The teenagers on the Afghan girls national soccer team lean on each other as they adjust to a new life in Portugal, where they fled after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

A San Diego health care worker prepares a flu vaccine in this undated photo.

Influenza numbers below average, possibly due to COVID measures

The number of influenza cases in San Diego County is below average this season.

Crowds arrive for the "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election.

They believe in Trump's 'Big Lie.' Here's why it's been so hard to dispel

The resilience of the "Big Lie" is prompting consternation and creative efforts to reach those who remain adamant — despite all evidence to the contrary — that the 2020 presidential vote was rigged.

Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi of Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new COVID vaccine that could prove beneficial to lower resource countries. They said their Texas location was key to the project: There were lots of local philanthropic groups that agreed to fund their research.

A Texas team comes up with a COVID vaccine that could be a global game changer

Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi used an oldie-but- goodie technology to devise a vaccine that's easy to make — and relatively cheap. India has already ordered 300 million doses.

22 tips for 2022: How to make it easier to pass on alcohol

The best way to support your loved ones who don't want to drink is to make sure drinking feels like a choice — not an obligation.

A sign on the door of Lowell Elementary School asks students, staff and visitors to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on Wednesday in Chicago. Classes at all of Chicago public schools have been canceled Wednesday by the school district after the teacher's union voted to return to virtual learning.

Chicago public school classes are canceled after teachers union backs remote learning

The announcement by district officials follows the teachers union voting to switch to remote learning due to the latest COVID-19 surge. The status of classes for the rest of the week remains in limbo.

Inside the Intensive Care Unit of a Scripps hospital in this undated photo.

Hospitals struggle with latest COVID surge as staff gets sick

San Diego County is seeing a big jump in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and some hospitals are already canceling elective surgeries.

Students on campus at Knox Middle School after being vaccinated against COVID-19, January 4, 2022

As students return to school, so do COVID cases and absences

As students return to school from the holidays there is an increase in COVID-19 cases and absences

This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries

A low cost vaccine called Corbevax may help solve the problem of getting safe and effective COVID vaccines to poor and middle-income countries.

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