Britain to Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots This Fall
Britain will begin offering a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to 32 million Britons starting in early September, The Telegraph ...
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US Officials Debate Mask, Vaccine Mandates as Delta Variant Surges
With the delta variant of the coronavirus spreading in the United States, officials are instituting new mask guidance and some ...
Space Tourism to Become Affordable Within Years, Experts Predict
The recent success of private space flight companies spiked adventure seekers’ interest, but the price tag is far too high for ...
Fauci Predicts Worsening Virus Conditions
The top U.S. infectious disease expert said Sunday that the country is facing “some pain and suffering” with the surging ...
COVID-19 Infections Reach Record High in Tokyo
Tokyo’s metropolitan government said new coronavirus infections surged to a record high Saturday as the city hosts the Olympic ...
Heat Wave Causes Massive Melt of Greenland Ice Sheet
Greenland’s ice sheet has experienced a “massive melting event” during a heat wave that has seen temperatures ...
WHO Chief: ‘Pandemic Will End When World Chooses’
“The pandemic will end when the world chooses to end it,” World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom ...
COVID-19 Spreads in China, Australia as WHO Sounds Alarm on Delta
Mushrooming outbreaks of the highly contagious delta variant prompted China and Australia to impose stricter COVID-19 ...
Evictions Looming in US as Congress Fails to Extend Ban
A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday after President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress worked furiously ...
Argentina Lakes Turn Pink, but Outlook Not Rosy, Environmentalists Say
Two lakes in a far-flung coastal region of Patagonia, in Argentina, have turned fluorescent pink, an as-of-yet unexplained ...
Russia Blames Its Software for Repositioning Space Station
Russian space officials said Friday that a software malfunction had caused the unexpected firing of thrusters on a newly arrived ...
WHO: Japan Doing its Best to Control COVID During Games
The WHO said Friday that Japan was doing its best to minimize the risk of Covid-19 spreading during the Tokyo Olympics but ...
Lebanon’s Health Crisis Worsens
Lebanon is running desperately short of life-saving medicines to treat cancer, heart ailments, or even of basic vitamins needed ...
CDC Report: COVID Delta Variant Can Spread ‘As Easily As Chickenpox’
According to reports in The Washington Post and The New York Times, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ...
Countries Receive First Batch of Shared US COVID-19 Vaccines
Once seen as a vaccine hoarder, the U.S. is now sharing its COVID-19 doses, acting on the Biden administration’s pledge to ...
New Russian Module Knocks Space Station Out of Position
A long-delayed Russian laboratory module docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, but hours later the Russian lab ...
Stressed by COVID-19, Zimbabweans Turn to Friendship Bench for Solace
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has stretched people’s mental health around the globe, and Zimbabwe is no exception. But ...
Biden: Unvaccinated Federal Workers to Face Testing, Masking
With the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 rapidly spreading across the country, U.S. President Joe Biden has ...
Space Tourism and the Hunt for Martian Life
Experts say in a few years, billionaires and their friends won’t be the only ones who can afford to go to space. Plus, the Mars ...
Russian Module Docks With International Space Station
A long-delayed Russian laboratory module docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday, eight days after it was ...
Stressed by COVID, Zimbabweans Turn to ‘Friendship Bench’ for Solace
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched people’s mental health everywhere and Zimbabwe is no exception. But some ...
China’s ‘Sponge Cities’ That Absorb Rainwater Pushed Past Limits
Nearly a year’s worth of rain fell on the Chinese city of Zhengzhou over four days this month. Flooding killed 71 people, ...
Myanmar, in Coup Aftermath, Faces Exploding Pandemic
Six months after its coup, Myanmar now faces a mushrooming COVID-19 pandemic.Deaths have risen sharply daily during the third, ...
Big Tech Companies to Allow Only Vaccinated Employees into US Offices
Big tech companies are making it mandatory for employees in the United States to get COVID-19 vaccinations before entering ...