"At present, pathogens have greater power than WHO," World Health Organization leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. "They exploit our interconnectedness and expose our inequities and divisions." Tedros is seen speaking earlier this month in Geneva, Switzerland. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption
President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. His budget proposal drops a decades-long ban on public funding for abortion. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Allowing couples in China to have up to three children rather than two will help the country counteract a population that's shifting towards the elderly, the government says. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Skagit Valley Chorale in Washington held a rehearsal in early March of 2020 that became a superspreader event for COVID-19. Dicken Bettinger hide caption
More than 30 states have medical marijuana programs — yet scientists are only allowed to use cannabis plants from one U.S. source for their research. That's set to change, as the federal government begins to add more growers to the mix. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
A man rides a bicycle on an empty street amid lockdown restrictions due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Hanoi on May 10. On Saturday, Vietnam's health ministry announced the discovery of a new coronavirus variant in the country. Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A homeless man pushes his belongings along a Los Angeles street. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Supporters of the Asian-American community attended a rally in late March against anti-Asian violence Queens in New York. Emaz/VIEW press/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Putting yourself out there is hard. Going on an in-person date after a year of online-only socialization? Some are saying that's even harder. Gareth Fuller/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden directed the intelligence agencies to look for evidence of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (pictured). Many scientists still think its more likely the virus came form the wild. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The CDC has softened its guidance for how to operate summer camps for kids this year. Children 12 and older can get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here, a health care worker administers a vaccine dose to a teenager in Miami. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
As India suffers through a devastating coronavirus surge, children are asking difficult questions. greenaperture/Getty Images hide caption
Employers are grappling with the question of whether they should require workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine to return to work. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Dr. Michelle Wilson just graduated from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. She will continue her training with a residency in family medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga. Verónica Zaragovia/WLRN hide caption