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Then COVID-19 shut down the world, and the Olympics were delayed a year. That was supposed to be enough time to put the pandemic in the past, and celebrate a global comeback from the deadly virus, much as the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City brought the world together for the first time after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States. But that's not happening as the new, more contagious delta variant of the virus that first struck more than a year and half ago rages through Japan and much of the rest of the world, raising new questions about the impact of Tokyo's legacy on ...

Jill Biden meets Japanese Emperor Naruhito: First lady dons a mask for reception at the Imperial Palace with Macron and Prince Albert of Monaco before the Olympics opening ceremony First lady Jill Biden returned to the Akasaka Palace Friday morning to spend time with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's wife Mariko  Mariko Suga had prepared an incense workshop for Dr. Biden, where the first lady would smell difference fragrances and put together a small scented satchel  Both women wore masks due to the rise in COVID-19 cases - but appeared sans shoes, as is culturally appropriate  Doin...

Reports of ‘breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases alarming medical experts, world governments By AP Staff CDC director says US reaching another pivotal moment in pandemic CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on July 22, 2021, said the U.S. is reaching another pivotal moment in the COVID-19 pandemic, noting an increase in cases and some hospitals reaching capacity in areas of low vaccination rates. WASHINGTON (AP) - Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doi...

Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doing exactly what they are supposed to: dramatically reducing severe illness and death. The best indicator: U.S. hospitalizations and deaths are nearly all among the unvaccinated, and real-world data from Britain and Israel support that protection against the worst cases remains strong. What scientists call “breakthrough” infections in people who are fully vaccinated make up a small fraction of cases. â€�...

Then COVID-19 shut down the world, and the Olympics were delayed a year. That was supposed to be enough time to put the pandemic in the past, and celebrate a global comeback from the deadly virus, much as the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City brought the world together for the first time after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States. But that’s not happening as the new, more contagious delta variant of the virus that first struck more than a year and half ago rages through Japan and much of the rest of the world, raising new questions about the impact of Tokyo’s legacy...