Health Experts Disagree On Whether Herd Immunity Can Be Achieved Herd immunity, in which the vast majority of a population has immunity, has been cited as the key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. But public health experts are split on whether it can be achieved. Courtney Dorning
Children Now Account For 22% of New U.S. COVID Cases. Why Is That? A year ago, COVID-19 cases in children made up less than 3% of the U.S. total. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said children represented 22.4% of new cases. Bill Chappell
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. Scott Neuman
Amid Nationwide Protests, Colombia's President Withdraws Controversial Tax Hike President Ivan Duque had argued that the tax overhaul was needed in order to raise badly needed revenue. But ordinary Colombians who are suffering amid COVID-19 turned out by the tens of thousands. Scott Neuman
Can't Help Falling In Love With A Vaccine: How Polio Campaign Beat Vaccine Hesitancy This isn't the first big vaccine rollout, and the past holds lessons for the pandemic present. Here's a look at how the polio vaccine overcame U.S. hesitancy. Susan Brink
Family Struggles To Find Hospital Bed As Philippines Faces Severe Pandemic Surge The Philippines is facing a massive health crisis, as the number of coronavirus cases surges and COVID-19 patients scramble to find hospital beds. Julie McCarthy
The Latest On Vaccine-Strapped India COVID-19 Crisis India has expanded eligibility for vaccination to everyone over the age of 18. But the country does not have enough vaccines for everyone, amid a record-setting spike in the number of new cases. Lauren Frayer
Critical Care Nurses Report Higher Levels Of Stress, Depression And Anxiety The new study surveying more than 700 critical care nurses found that 40% were struggling with symptoms of depression. Rhitu Chatterjee
COVID 'Doesn't Discriminate By Age': Serious Cases On The Rise In Younger Adults With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated. Will Stone
Need A COVID-19 Vaccine? Biden Admin Launches GETVAX Textline And Other Search Tools The Biden administration announced a website and text line to help people find COVID-19 vaccines near where they live. It's a new and improved version of VaccineFinder, which launched in February. Selena Simmons-Duffin