Biden Pitches Spending Plan as Key to Fight Climate Change
President Joe Biden tried to advance his domestic spending plans in Colorado on Tuesday by warning about the dangers of climate ...
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Hospitals Turn to Robots to Free Up More Time for Patients
A robot called Moxi is helping nurses and hospital staff focus more on patients by taking care of menial tasks. The VOA’s Deana ...
Scientists Say Booster Shots of COVID-19 Vaccines Unnecessary
An international group of vaccine experts have come out in opposition of providing booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines to the ...
Australian Nanolaser Breakthrough Promises Medical Applications
Researchers in Australia have developed new microscopic lasers that have a range of potential medical, surgical, industrial and ...
World Bank: Climate Change Could Force Migration of 216 Million People by 2050
A World Bank report released Monday suggests climate change could force 216 million people across six regions to migrate within ...
Britain to Offer COVID-19 Vaccines to 12-to-15-year-Olds
Britain’s chief medical officer (CMO), Professor Chris Whitty, recommended Monday that children between the ages of 12 and 15 ...
New Zealand’s Largest City Remains in Strict Lockdown
New Zealand’s prime minister has announced Monday that the country’s largest city, with a population of 1.7 million, will ...
SpaceX to Launch Private, All-civilian Crew into Earth Orbit
SpaceX is set to launch four people into space Wednesday on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit the Earth with ...
Bangladesh Schools Reopen After 18-Month COVID Shutdown
Children in Bangladesh flooded back into classrooms on Sunday as schools reopened after 18 months, one of the world’s ...
Prehistoric Winged Lizard Unearthed in Chile
Chilean scientists have announced the discovery of the first-ever southern hemisphere remains of a type of Jurassic-era ...
A Tale of 2 COVID Vaccine Clinics: Lines in Kenya, Few Takers in Atlanta
Several hundred people line up every morning, starting before dawn, on a grassy area outside Nairobi’s largest hospital ...
With More Doses, Uganda Takes Vaccination Drive to Markets
At a taxi stand by a bustling market in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, traders simply cross a road or two, get a shot in the arm ...
WHO: Low-Income Countries Still Lack Enough COVID-19 Vaccines
The World Health Organization says low-income countries still do not have enough COVID-19 vaccines and is urging wealthier ...
New Studies Show Unvaccinated Are 11 Times More Likely to Die of COVID-19
New U.S. studies released Friday show that COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection against hospitalizations and death, even ...
Denmark Lifts All COVID Curbs After Successful Vaccination Drive
Denmark Friday dropped proof-of-vaccination — or vaccine passports — requirements at nightclubs, the last of the European ...
NASA to Discuss First Rock Sample Collected on Mars
The U.S. space agency on Friday will brief the media on the initial analysis of the first sample of a Martian rock collected by ...
Denmark Lifts All COVID Curbs
With no masks in sight, buzzing offices and concerts drawing tens of thousands, Denmark on Friday ditches vaccine passports in ...
Biden Announces Sweeping Vaccine Mandates, More Steps to Fight COVID
As the United States continues to deal with the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant, President Joe Biden announced ...
WHO: Africa to Receive 25% Fewer COVID Vaccines Than Expected
Africa is slated to receive 25% fewer COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the year than it was expecting, the director of the World ...
Fire Scare Occurs in Russian Section of Space Station
A series of spacewalks is underway outside the International Space Station. Plus, a fire scare occurs in the Russian section of ...
US Sues to Block Texas Law Banning Most Abortions in State
The U.S. government sued the southwestern state of Texas on Thursday to try to block its new law that bans abortions in the state ...
Biden to Order Federal Workers to Get Vaccinated
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday is planning to order 2.5 million federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated against ...
Biden to Call for Summit on Global COVID Vaccine Supplies, Reports Say
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to call for a summit on boosting the global supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, according to U.S. ...
Biden to Issue New US COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy Thursday
U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil a new strategy to combat the dramatic surge of COVID-19 cases across the nation during a ...