March 18, 2021 0 This Week in Space NASA calls its latest mission on the surface of Mars a “Wright Brothers moment” of aeronautical pioneering. The ISS ...
March 18, 2021 0 More Europeans Dying from COVID Now Than Last Year, WHO Says The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director for Europe said Thursday that the COVID-19 situation in the continent has taken ...
March 18, 2021 0 UN Agencies Call for Action Against Ageism Leading United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to combat ageism, which they say harms the well-being of older ...
March 18, 2021 0 EU Investigators to Release Findings on AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine The European Union’s medications watchdog is due to release initial results Thursday of its investigation into whether there is ...
March 18, 2021 0 Australia Responds To COVID-19 Crisis in Neighboring Papua New Guinea Australia is beginning an urgent rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in the Torres Strait in northern Queensland because of a sharp ...
March 18, 2021 0 Scientists Determine New Cause of Missing Water on Mars Scientists are rethinking the cause of water loss on Mars in the face of new evidence that challenges the long-held theory that ...
March 17, 2021 0 Drugmakers Prepare COVID Vaccines Against Variants Testing is under way for modified versions of COVID-19 vaccines that aim to deal with coronavirus variants. Experts say current ...
March 17, 2021 0 Mass Migration, COVID Return FGM to Shadows, Aid Group Says Mass migration and the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to the worldwide spread of female genital mutilation, or FGM, executed ...
March 17, 2021 0 WHO: AstraZeneca Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risks The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement Wednesday, saying it believes the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 ...
March 17, 2021 0 EU Chief Threatens Ban on British COVID-19 Vaccine Exports European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday said British-based vaccine maker AstraZeneca has underdelivered its ...
March 17, 2021 0 Moderna Begins Testing its COVID-19 Vaccine in Young Children U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Moderna has begun testing its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine in young children to determine if ...
March 16, 2021 0 Regenerative Sea Slug Offers Distant Hope for Humans Researchers in Japan recently discovered that some sea slugs can regrow their bodies. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports that ...
March 16, 2021 0 Pakistan Faces Third, More Infectious COVID Wave Pakistan says it is now facing a third wave of the novel coronavirus. Officials have particularly expressed concern over the ...
March 16, 2021 0 Europe’s Medical Regulator to Rule on AstraZeneca Safety Europe’s medical regulator, the European Medicines Agency, will announce Thursday its findings on the safety of ...
March 16, 2021 0 France Battles a Third Wave of COVID Infections Despite the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, France is once again under pressure to take new measures to curb a new spread of ...
March 15, 2021 0 White House Launches ‘Help is Here’ Tour Over the next 10 days, the United States will achieve what President Joe Biden describes as “two giant goals” — the ...
March 15, 2021 0 Fauci Says US Going In ‘Right Direction’ With COVID The top U.S. infectious disease expert said Sunday the country is going in the “right direction” with millions of Americans ...
March 15, 2021 0 Survivors Struggle as Scientists Race to Solve COVID Mystery There was no reason to celebrate on Rachel Van Lear’s anniversary. The same day a global pandemic was declared, she developed ...
March 14, 2021 0 Fauci: US Normalcy Soon, but Cautions on Premature Easing of COVID Restrictions Dr. Anthony Fauci, U.S. President Joe Biden’s top coronavirus adviser, said Sunday he is optimistic the country can return to ...
March 14, 2021 0 Worldwide COVID-19 Cases Approach 120 million, Johns Hopkins Says More than 119.5 million people have contracted COVID-19, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday. ...
March 14, 2021 0 Australian Researchers Claim Asthma and Autoimmune Breakthrough Australian researchers say an “incredible” discovery could allow new treatments for asthma and prevent autoimmune ...
March 13, 2021 0 Spacewalkers Take Extra Safety Precautions for Toxic Ammonia Spacewalking astronauts had to take extra safety precautions Saturday after ridding their suits of any toxic ammonia from the ...
March 13, 2021 0 US Communities Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis A year into the coronavirus pandemic that is disproportionately ravaging African American lives both physically and economically, ...
March 13, 2021 0 Wealthy Nations Accused of Blocking Access of Lower-income Nations to COVID-19 Vaccines The United States and other wealthy countries are standing in the way of low- and middle-income countries seeking better access ...