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Nearly 130 million U.S. adults have completed their vaccine regimens, the CDC says, with another 70 million vaccine doses currently in the distribution pipeline. Here, Maryland National Guard Brig. Gene. Janeen Birckhead greets soldiers at a mobile vaccine clinic in Wheaton, Md.

Half Of All US Adults Are Now Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19

The stunning speed of the vaccines' development and rollout has helped tame COVID-19 in the U.S., which remains the worst-hit country in the world.

The highest health burdens from overwork were seen in men and in workers who are middle-age or older, according to a WHO study. "Teleworking has become the norm in many industries, often blurring the boundaries between home and work," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds

The global study, which the WHO calls the first of its kind, found that more than 745,000 people died in 2016 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease.

A British National Overseas passport (BNO) and a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China passport. China said Friday it will no longer recognize the BNO passport as a valid travel document or form of identification amid a bitter feud with London over a plan to allow millions of Hong Kong residents a route to residency and eventual citizenship.

China Will No Longer Recognize British Hong Kong Travel Document

Britain had offered Hong Kong holders of overseas citizenship a path to residency and citizenship in the U.K. China rejects the move as an infringement on its sovereignty.

The motto "Equal Justice Under Law" adorns the Supreme Court building in Washington. A new scholars program named for the first Black justice, Thurgood Marshall, and the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge, Constance Baker Motley, aims to cultivate the next generation of civil rights lawyers.

The Next Generation Of Civil Rights Lawyers Could Start Here

A scholarship program named after late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to be a federal judge, is trying to foster a new generation of lawyers.

Traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Co. in Linden, N.J. An cybersecurity attack has shut down Colonial Pipeline, a major transporter of gasoline along the East Coast.

Cybersecurity Attack Shuts Down A Top U.S. Gasoline Pipeline

An attack shuts down Colonial Pipeline, a major transporter of gasoline along the East Coast. A security analyst says the event shows the vulnerability of key elements of the nation's infrastructure.

A firefighter administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center near Paris on Monday. The European Union has signed a deal to buy as many as 1.8 billion doses.

Ramping Up Its COVID Response, EU Will Buy Up To 1.8B Doses Of Pfizer Vaccine

The agreement provides a significant boost to the European Union's goal of getting 70% of adults vaccinated. Currently, around a quarter of the bloc's population is vaccinated.

Relatives attend a COVID-19 victim's burial at a cemetery in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on Thursday.

Global COVID-19 Deaths Top 3 Million

The largest number of deaths have come in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, India and the United Kingdom. The pandemic death toll reached 1 million in September 2020 and 2 million in January.

OPINION: Doctors Should Be More Candid With Their Patients

As a doctor, I was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in December, but I also was pregnant, and there wasn't yet much data to inform my decision. What I needed was a different kind of information.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, wears a protective face mask during a meeting at the Berlaymont building in Brussels, last week.

EU Moves Closer To Allowing In Nonresident Vaccinated Travelers

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is formally recommending that nonresident travelers who are vaccinated against COVID-19 be allowed to travel to the EU.

Tokyo 2020 Games Delivery Officer Hidemasa Nakamura holds a sample of an updated version of the Tokyo 2020 Playbook during a news briefing on Wednesday.

Athletes At Tokyo Olympics To Be Tested Daily For Coronavirus, Officials Say

The games, already delayed by a year due to COVID-19, are set to begin July 23 despite reluctance by many Japanese to go ahead with the Olympics amid the ongoing pandemic.

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