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Hondurans go to the polls Sunday, and many voters say they’re undecided who they’ll vote for. But one thing they do know is that they’ll be casting a vote to punish the current National Party. (Image credit: SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket

Coronavirus cabinet also approves Shin Bet tracking for confirmed virus carriers, in race to prevent spread of new COVID strain

Travelers queue at a check-in counter at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 27, 2021, after several countries imposed new travel restrictions following the discovery of the omicron Covid-19 variant. | Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images

NPR’s David Folkenflik talks to Yan Bennett, of the Center on Contemporary China at Princeton, about Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s disappearance.

Britain and Italy became the latest nations to confirm cases of the new variant, as other European countries probe suspected cases of a coronavirus strain the WHO says could be more transmissible.

Millions of children over five across America have been vaccinated against the coronavirus – advancing the fight against the pandemic. Still, parents have concerns about potential side effects and possible booster shots. Dr. Sallie Permar, pediatrician-in-chief at New York Presbyterian

World is put on high alert over the Omicron coronavirus variant  CNN South African doctor says omicron variant symptoms ‘unusual but mild’  Fox News Omicron: Pharmaceutical firms say they can tweak vaccines to fight new strain  The Independent Explainer: How worried should we

Kaomi Lee is one of the many Koreans who was adopted as a child, brought to a new country and raised by parents of a different race. She still doesn’t know her biological parents, but her decision to share her

U.K. Confirms Two Cases of Omicron Coronavirus Variant  The New York Times What we know about the Omicron variant  CNN Chair of South African Medical Association says Omicron cases are mild so far, but it’s too soon to the determine risk of

In the space of two weeks, the omicron variant has sent South Africa from a period of low transmission to rapid growth of new confirmed cases. The country’s numbers are still relatively low, with 2,828 new confirmed cases recorded Friday,