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More than 13,000 Americans were born into a world of turmoil on Sept. 11, 2001.Members of Generation Z — those born in 1996 or later -- were initially dubbed "Homelanders," a moniker associated with their birth, the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the more-than-a-decade-long “War on Terror.”Now, 19 years later, many of those children…

Russia's coronavirus cases surpassed 980,000 after the country reported 4,829 new cases in the last 24 hours. The number of coronavirus cases in Latin America surpassed seven million, as legislators in Argentina's capital passed a law allowing relatives to maintain a bedside vigil for patients dying of COVID-19. South Korea extended social-distancing rules in the…

matterDozens of research groups around the world are playing the long game, convinced that their experimental vaccines will be cheaper and more powerful than the ones leading the race today.A volunteer received an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Soweto, South Africa. Some researchers worry about unproven approaches to such vaccines.Credit...Luca Sola/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesAug. 27,…

Adrian Rogers, pictured with wife Amanda Rogers, had his potentially life-saving surgery cancelled. (SWNS)Adrian Rogers, 46, has become the first known cancer patient to reveal his terminal diagnosis after his potentially life-saving surgery was cancelled in the height of the coronavirus pandemic.Rogers, from Retford in Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in July…

Quarantine rules are expanding around the world, but not in America. The virus is circulating in Gaza. Researchers in Hong Kong find that in rare cases, a person can get reinfected.Published Aug. 24, 2020Updated Aug. 25, 2020, 3:27 a.m. ETImageKatie Stallings, a second grade teacher, set up her classroom before her students return to school…