Better Tourniquets Mean More Lives Saved
It’s been 20 years since terrorists rammed passenger planes into New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon in ...
Health
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Unique Texas Abortion Law Creates Legal Confusion
The Texas anti-abortion law, which was allowed to go into effect last week despite being in clear conflict with decades-old ...
Malawi Fears Its COVID Vaccines Will Expire Due to Hesitancy
Malawi health authorities fear vaccine hesitancy could lead to tens of thousands of COVID-19 jabs expiring early next month. ...
Report: COVID-19 Pandemic Had ‘Devastating’ Impact in Treatment, Prevention of HIV, Tuberculosis
A new report released Wednesday says the COVID-19 pandemic had a “devastating” impact in the fight against HIV and ...
Mexico’s Top Court Decriminalizes Abortion in ‘Watershed Moment’
Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for ...
Vaccines Offer Protection Against ‘Long COVID,’ Scientists Say
Coronavirus vaccines offer protection not only against infection and serious illness but may also help prevent so-called “Long ...
Mexican Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion in Historic Shift
Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for ...
Critical Medical, Trauma Care Advances Made in Past 20 Years
A greater share of U.S. soldiers survived the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq than those who fought in previous conflicts. Advances ...
Traumatic Brain Injury — A Legacy of War
The U.S. ended its conflict in Afghanistan, but the Veterans Health Administration continues researching ways to reduce the ...
UK Gov’t Eyes Tax Hike to Pay for Care for Older People
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans Tuesday to fulfill a election promise to grapple with the rocketing cost of the ...
‘I’ve Got It’: NASA Confirms Perseverance Mars Rover Retrieves First Rock Sample
NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over ...
Social Cost of Plastic: 2019’s More Than GDP of India, Report Says
The pollution, emissions and cleanup costs of plastic produced in 2019 alone could be $3.7 trillion, according to a report ...
In South Asia, Rising Ocean Pushes Out Those Living at the Shore
In the vast Sunderbans delta that spans eastern India and Bangladesh, coastal erosion due to rising sea levels has been slowly ...
3 New Coronavirus Deaths in Australia
Australia recorded three new COVID-19 deaths in its most populous state of New South Wales and nearly 1,500 new cases of the ...
Florida Struggling With COVID-19’s Deadliest Phase Yet
Funeral director Wayne Bright has seen grief piled upon grief during the latest COVID-19 surge. A woman died of the virus, and ...
Brazil Starts Booster Shots While Many Still Await 2nd Jab
Some cities in Brazil are providing booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, even though most people have yet to receive their ...
Coronavirus Can Cause ‘Severe Illness’ in Children, CDC Warns
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday says the coronavirus can cause “severe illness” in ...
Cuba Starts Vaccinating Children in Order to Reopen Schools Amid COVID Surge
Cuban authorities on Friday launched a national campaign to vaccinate children ages 2-18 against COVID-19, a prerequisite set by ...
Air Quality, Climate Change Closely Linked
In the first report of its kind, the World Meteorological Organization examines the close link between air quality and climate ...
Moving Fingers, Rotating Wrists: Advances in Prosthetics Improve US Veterans’ Lives
Technological advances in prosthetics have vastly improved the lives of many U.S. veterans and service members over the past 20 ...
Nigerian Authorities, Nonprofits Tackle Misinformation to Boost Vaccine Uptake
Amid the latest wave of COVID-19 infections, less than 1% of people in Africa’s most populated country, Nigeria, have been ...
African Union Makes Vaccine Deal for the Continent
The African Union has announced that Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines assembled in South Africa will no longer be exported ...
Fauci Says Third Dose of Vaccine ‘Likely’ Necessary
Americans will likely have to get a third shot of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday at a White ...
US Hospitals Hit with Nurse Staffing Crisis Amid COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help ...