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We asked readers what was on their minds at this inflection point in the world’s pandemic response.

The data was posted briefly on an international database but then abruptly taken down over the weekend.

The WHO says the risk to vulnerable populations — especially in countries with low vaccination rates — could be “substantial.”

WHO is saying that people who are fully immunized against COVID should hold off on getting a third shot until more people around the world can get their first dose of a vaccine.

The WHO said it’s making the change to help avoid fueling stigma toward nations where new variants arise.

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Peter Daszak, part of the investigative team that did two weeks of research in China, said it found evidence that wildlife farms may be a potential source of the main spillover event.

A member of the World Health Organization investigative team says wildlife farms in southern China are the most likely source of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The report, which WHO says is the largest-ever study of the prevalence of violence against women, draws upon data from 161 countries and areas on women and girls age 15 and up collected between 2000 and 2018.

President Biden is set on Friday to announce a total of $4 billion in contributions to COVAX, the vaccine alliance trying to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low- and middle-income countries, a senior administration official told reporters.

The White House is concerned over pandemic investigations in Wuhan