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FILE - Displaced infant Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian, who suffers from polio, sleeps at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Aug. 27, 2024. A third polio vaccine campaign in Gaza began Feb. 22, 2025.

A drone view shows an image of Pope Francis displayed with a digital video-mapping at the Obelisco as the worlds pray for the pontiff’s health, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 21, 2025.

The Seminole Hospital District offers measles testing in Seminole, Texas, Feb. 21, 2025.

FILE - A worker checks the display panel showing a computer chip and the Chinese words for "independence" at a booth during the World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 5, 2023. Artificial intelligence competition between China and the United States is at a possible turning point.

Devotees gather to take a dip at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. A pilgrim takes a holy dip in the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on Feb. 12, 2025. People sit inside a train coach at Prayagraj Junction station while returning after taking a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, on Feb. 18, 2025. A man seeks blessings from a sadhu, or Hindu holy man, inside his tent on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, on Feb. 20, 2025. Laborers ferry Hindu pilgrims past a poster of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the ongoing Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj on Feb. 1, 2025.

FILE - People walk near the Mendenhall Glacier on Feb. 9, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska.

FILE - A nurse prepares the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, April 5, 2019. A measles outbreak in west Texas has infected 48 people, according to official state data released on Feb. 14, 2025.

Health workers prepare to administer vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial at Mulago Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda, Feb. 3, 2025.

FILE - An aerial view shows the devastation from the Palisades Fire on beachfront homes in Malibu, California, Jan. 15, 2025.

FILE - A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine sits on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2015.

A person films Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te as he holds a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Feb. 14, 2025.

FILE - Transgender rights supporters protest outside of Seattle Children's Hospital after it postponed some gender-affirming surgeries for minors following an executive order by President Donald Trump, Feb. 9, 2025, in Seattle.

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as secretary of health and human services, testifies at a Senate committee hearing, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. The Senate on Feb. 13, 2025, confirmed Kennedy to the position.

An advertisement for "RedNote," a Chinese social media app, is seen as people walk by the Nasdaq headquarters in Times Square, Jan. 27, 2025 in New York City. People walk past advertising for Chinese social networking and e-commerce app Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, at a shopping center in Beijing, Jan. 15, 2025. A social media influencer films a video for his new Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, after leaving TikTok, in Times Square in New York City, Jan. 16, 2025.

A view of part of the wall of the Roman London Basilica, which has been recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a building in London, is seen in this photo provided by the Museum of London Archaeology taken in summer 2024. A drawing of a representation of the Roman London Basilica, which has been recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a building in London, is seen in this photo provided by Peter Marsden. A view of part of the wall of the Roman London Basilica, which has been recently unearthed by a redevelopment of a building in London, is seen in this photo provided by the Museum of London Archaeology taken in summer 2024.

FILE P- A test tube labeled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken Aug. 20, 2024.

FILE - U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers a speech during the plenary session of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025.

FILE - A Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) hangs from agave flowers in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in July 2022. (Chris Galloway/Horizonline Pictures/Bat Conservation International via AP) FILE - A Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeds on agave nectar in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in July 2022. (Chris Galloway/Horizonline Pictures/Bat Conservation International via AP)

This photo provided by the European Space Agency shows a close-up view of the center of the NGC 6505 galaxy, with the bright Einstein ring aligned with it, captured by European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope.

Participants attend the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2025.

2025 Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts and head coach Nick Sirianni celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LIX.

Classical violinist Stefan Jackiw plays the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin during a preview of the violin's auction at Sotheby’s in New York, Feb. 3, 2025. The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin sits on display during a preview of the violin's auction at Sotheby’s in New York, Feb. 3, 2025.

An employee of La Granja Live Poultry Corp. cleans the floor inside the store, Feb. 7, 2025, in New York.

FILE - The Deepseek logo, a keyboard and robot hands are seen in this illustration made Jan. 27, 2025.

FILE - A woman queues at Phedisong clinic on April 8, 2013, during the launch of the new single dose anti-AIDS drug in Ga-Rankuwa, north of Johannesburg. South Africa is considered a success story for its treatment for and prevention of HIV.

FILE - Cows are seen at a dairy in California, Nov. 23, 2016. Genome sequencing of milk from Nevada has identified a different strain of bird flu in dairy cows for the first time, the USDA said Feb. 5, 2025.

FILE - This photograph taken on Dec. 7, 2021, shows the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Argentina will pull out of the WHO, a presidential spokesperson said on Feb. 5, 2025.

FILE - The Google Store displays items in Mountain View, California, Oct. 11, 2023.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be the secretary of health and human services, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025.

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron attends the commemoration ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the Allied Liberation of the eastern France city of Colmar at the end of World War II, in Colmar on Feb. 2, 2025.

Violinist Stefan Jackiw plays the 1714 Joachim-Ma Stradivarius at Sotheby's auction house in New York on Feb. 3, 2025, where it is expected to sell for $12 million to $18 million this week.

Beyonce accepts the award for album of the year for Cowboy Carter during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Blue Ivy Carter looks on from right.

FILE - Gerber baby food products are seen on shelves at a store in Libertyview Industrial Plaza, in Brooklyn, New York, Sept. 14, 2022.

FILE - Beyonce accepts the award for best dance/electronic music album for "Renaissance" at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.

FILE - This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS.

The icons for the smartphone apps DeepSeek and ChatGPT are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2025.

FILE - Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team pictured on Oct. 12, 1928, in Alaska. In 1925, Seppala was part of the nearly 700-mile relay of mushers and dog teams to get diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, during a deadly outbreak of the disease. FILE - Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog team — including his lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925 — which he drove through a blinding blizzard to deliver lifesaving serum, in Nome, Alaska. FILE - Gunnar Kaasen and his dogsled team leader Balto pose for a portrait in the early 1920s. FILE - The statue erected to honor "Balto" and other heroic sled dogs who carried serum to Nome, Alaska, through an Arctic blizzard is covered in snow in New York's Central Park, Dec. 11, 1947.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025.