VP Heads West to Promote Administration’s Climate Crisis Strategy
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will travel Monday to Lake Mead to promote the Biden administration’s climate crisis ...
Health
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In Quiet Debut, Alzheimer’s Drug Finds Questions, Skepticism
The first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it more ...
Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant Raises Ire of Environmentalists
An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that ...
Chinese Astronauts Arrive at Space Station for Longest Mission
Three astronauts successfully docked with China’s new space station on Saturday on what is set to be Beijing’s ...
NASA to Launch Craft to Explore Jupiter’s Asteroids
The U.S. space agency, NASA, is preparing to launch a craft Saturday to boldly go to a part of space never visited before — the ...
US Health Panel Recommends Booster Shot for Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
A panel of U.S. health advisers has recommended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorize a second shot of Johnson & ...
US National Blood Inventory Hits Six-Year Low
The American Red Cross says it is facing a blood shortage. Officials say there have less than a day’s supply of certain blood ...
US Donates 9.6 Million Additional COVID Vaccine Doses to Pakistan
The United States announced Friday an additional 9.6 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are being shipped to Pakistan ...
Biden’s Popularity Tied to Pandemic Numbers
Recent polls have shown that U.S. President Joe Biden’s standing with the American public is entwined with the state of the ...
NASA Launching Series of Crafts to Visit, Bash Asteroids
Attention asteroid aficionados: NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar ...
New Malaria Vaccine to Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of African Children
The World Health Organization’s endorsement of the world’s first malaria vaccine marks a major advance against the ...
Climate Change Impacts Linger After Devastating Year in Louisiana
he effects of climate change are expected to push more than 200 million people from their homes by 2050, according to the World ...
Record COVID-19 Cases Reported in Australia’s Second Most Populous State
Victoria state has Thursday reported 2,297 new local COVID-19 cases — the highest number of daily infections recorded by ...
US Military COVID Cases Lowest Since June as 1st Vaccine Deadlines Approach
COVID-19 cases among U.S. service members have been on a steady decline over the last month, as more service members have become ...
G-20 Pledges to Avoid ‘Premature Withdrawal’ of Economic Support
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 economies Wednesday pledged to keep economic stimulus policies in place to ensure a ...
WHO Honors Henrietta Lacks, Woman Whose Cells Served Science
The chief of the World Health Organization on Wednesday honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells ...
UN Report: Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction Saves Lives, Money
A report marking the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction finds many deaths and economic losses from natural disasters ...
In a Rocky Israeli Crater, Scientists Simulate Life on Mars
From the door of the expedition base, a few small steps to the left an autonomous rover passes by. A few giant leaps to the right ...
WHO Calls for Governments to Fund Mental Health Treatment
The World Health Organization is calling on governments to allocate the money needed to increase access to mental health ...
Report: Moderna Fails to Supply Poor Countries with COVID Vaccines
A report in The New York Times says that the manufacturers of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine which “appears to be the ...
Russians Travel to Serbia for Western-Made COVID-19 Vaccines
When Russian regulators approved the country’s own coronavirus vaccine, it was a moment of national pride, and the Pavlov ...
COVID Said to Have Sparked Rise in Global Depression, Anxiety
The COVID-19 outbreak has apparently sparked a global rise in depression and anxiety. According to a study published in the ...
Summer Storms Were a Climate-Change Wake-Up Call for Subways
When the remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped record-breaking rain on the East Coast this month, staircases into New York ...
Russian Agency: More than 49,000 Died From COVID-19 in August
Russia’s state statistics service reported nearly 50,000 coronavirus deaths in the country in August, taking the toll since ...