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The disease belongs to a family of viruses that includes chickenpox and smallpox. Most people recover from monkeypox within weeks.

The guidance is nonbinding, and U.S. travelers should expect a mishmash of travel rules across the continent.

Cases remain low in Spain, Germany and France, but health ministers there say the fast spread of the Delta coronavirus strain elsewhere shows a serious threat.

While Americans are booking more international trips, the U.S. remains closed to most international visitors, including Canadians.

Ezekiel Emanuel, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, addresses the differences between PCR tests and rapid tests when it comes to getting tested before travel.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is formally recommending that nonresident travelers who are vaccinated against COVID-19 be allowed to travel to the EU.

The European Medicines Agency says a warning about blood clots should be added to labels for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The head of the European Union's executive arm has announced plans for a major contract extension for COVID-19 vaccines with Pfizer.

Local officials in Madrid suspend its vaccination program for two weeks because of a lack of doses.

All of London and much of southeastern England is now under strict "Tier 4" lockdown restrictions after the discovery of what appears to be a new, more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.