Mixing different kinds of COVID-19 vaccines might help boost immune responses, but the idea has been slow to catch on. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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President Biden on Wednesday came out in favor of the World Trade Organization's proposed waiver of patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Tents of mountaineers are pictured Monday at the Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, last month. Hiro Komae/AP hide caption
New Zealand Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins looks on during a news conference at Parliament last month where he and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans for a quarantine-free "travel bubble" between New Zealand and Australia. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images hide caption
Beverly Pickering's pet sitting business cratered during the height of the pandemic. Now, she says, it's booming, and her customers are traveling again. Beverly Pickering hide caption
On The Road, At The Ballpark: Americans Celebrate Vaccinations, Lifting Businesses
COVID-19 patients in the emergency ward of an unidentified hospital on Monday in New Delhi. Dr. Sumit Ray, a hospital critical care chief in the city, says India's health care system is collapsing. Rebecca Conway/Getty Images hide caption
Doctor In India: Emergency Room Is So Crowded, 'It's Nearly Impossible To Walk'
Feelings of exhaustion, irritability and mental fogginess are our bodies' normal response to an abnormal year of pandemic life. Wenjin Chen/Getty Images hide caption
Linn County Emergency Manager Neva Anderson and her husband, Erik Anderson, say they've never wasted a shot, but it's getting harder to find people who want a COVID-19 vaccination. Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle hide caption
A patient in the COVID-19 ICU at Mercy Hospital of Folsom, Calif. is not allowed visitors. For many months during the pandemic, family weren't allowed to visit any hospital patients. Lesley McClurg/KQED hide caption
Some Question Whether Hospital Visitation Bans During Pandemic Were Too Strict
Wearing a mask and a face shield to curb the spread of the coronavirus, 10-year-old Jade Chan Puc writes in her workbook during the first day of class in Hecelchakán, Campeche state, Mexico, on April 19. On average, schools in Latin America and the Caribbean were closed longer than any in any other region, according to UNICEF. Martin Zetina/AP hide caption
Jason Brissett, a kitchen worker who came to the U.S. last month from Jamaica through an H-2B visa, is bracing for 80-hour workweeks this summer to make up for staffing shortages. Tovia Smith/NPR hide caption
Hotels And Restaurants That Survived Pandemic Face New Challenge: Staffing Shortages
Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a news conference with India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar following a bilateral meeting in London on Monday during the G-7 foreign ministers meeting. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Vivek Murthy testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing to be surgeon general on Feb. 25. Murthy tells NPR there's more work to do in convincing people, especially in rural communities, to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Caroline Brehman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Local 'Trusted Messengers' Key To Boosting COVID Vaccinations, Surgeon General Says
Businesses are struggling to find employees and some supply chains remain disrupted, but the economy seems to be moving in the right direction. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Is The Biden Rescue Plan Working? 'American Indicators' Weigh In On The Recovery
President Biden speaks about the COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday in the White House. Biden has set a goal of seeing 160 million adults fully vaccinated by July Fourth. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Syringes filled with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are shown in April at the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center in Miami. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
India has reported more than 20 million coronavirus cases, adding more than 2.6 million new cases in the past week alone. Here, women wait to refill empty oxygen cylinders in New Delhi. Oxygen shortages are blamed for deaths at even the best-equipped urban hospitals in India. Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption
Sumaya Muhamed and her mother, Suad Abdulla, tout the latter's second vaccine dose at the Salahadeen Center in Nashville, Tenn. After weeks of affectionate cajoling and patient explanation, Muhamed convinced her mother to get the shot. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption
Medical workers with Delta Health Center prepare to vaccinate people in Leland, Miss., last week. In some places, rural hospital workers have been slow to get the vaccine themselves. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Why Lagging COVID Vaccine Rate At Rural Hospitals 'Needs To Be Fixed Now'
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that Broadway could reopen in May. Above, the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre near Times Square on Jan. 15. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption