Fossil Found in Canadian Mountains May Be Earliest Evidence of Animal Life
A scientist says fossils she collected from an ancient seabed in the mountains of northwestern Canada may be the earliest ...
Health
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As Britain Reopens, Scientists Warn of Fertile Ground for Coronavirus Variants
Britain risks becoming a breeding ground for new variants of the coronavirus that could be resistant to vaccines, according to ...
Somalia Green Energy Association Touts Clean Power Potential
Somalia lacks a national power grid and relies on imported fuel and wood and charcoal for its energy needs. But energy experts ...
CDC to Recommend Indoor Masks Again, Even for Some Vaccinated People
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to recommend that vaccinated people in parts of the country ...
Cameroon Receives US Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Amid Covid Hesitancy
Cameroonian authorities are urging the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19, following a U.S. donation Monday of 300,000 ...
Cities Unprepared for Intense, Frequent Heat Waves
As the world braces for more intense heat waves fueled by climate change this summer, urban centers across the world are ...
Epidemics Don’t Have to Happen, Expert Says
The number of known deaths from COVID-19 has passed 4 million, according to Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking both ...
UNESCO Leaves Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Off Endangered List
After much lobbying, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will not appear on a list of “in danger” World Heritage Sites. ...
Fauci Sounds New Virus Warnings
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, sounded new alarms Sunday about the surge in coronavirus cases in the ...
Zimbabwe Receives COVID-19 Vaccines from China Amid Fears of Third Wave
Zimbabwe on Sunday received one million SINOVAC vaccines it bought from China as the African country battles to meet the demand ...
Marsupial Resurgence in Outback Australia
Experts have said that rare footage of an endangered marsupial in outback Australia is a sign that native animals are beginning ...
Thousands Around Globe Protest COVID-19 Shots, Lockdowns
Tens of thousands of people protested in Australia, France, Italy and Greece on Saturday, sparking clashes with police as they ...
45% of Unvaccinated Americans Say They Will Definitely Not Get the Vaccine
Forty-five percent of the Americans who have not been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines say they definitely do not have any plans ...
US Buys 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
The United States says it is buying 200 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to anticipate future needs, ...
US Ships Moderna Vaccine to Pakistan Amid Delta Variant Surge
As Pakistan deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, the Biden administration is sending 3 million doses of ...
Italy Extends Its COVID-19 State of Emergency to Dec. 31
Italy on Thursday announced new anti-COVID 19 measures as infections have started rising again, mainly due to the highly ...
Interior Secretary: Drought Demands Investment, Conservation
Confronting the historic drought that has a firm grip on the American West requires a heavy federal infrastructure investment to ...
Over 600,000 Notified to Quarantine in British ‘Pingdemic’
Over 600,000 users of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service’s (NHS) COVID-19 test and trace app were “pinged” ...
China Rejects Second Probe Into Coronavirus Origin
China has rejected the World Health Organization’s proposal for a second phase of its investigation into the origin of the ...
Why COVID-19 Is Rising Around Asia This Year After a Mild 2020
Asian countries are reporting record COVID-19 waves this year compared to 2020, as vaccination drives fall short and governments ...
Biden Vows to Continue Encounter with China Over Opioids
U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will continue “this encounter with China” to attempt to stem the flow of deadly ...
Delta Variant Doubles US COVID-19 Cases Since Last Month
The U.S. has averaged more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past week — more than double the number it was a ...
China ‘Shocked’ by WHO Plan for COVID Origins Study
A senior Chinese health official said Thursday he was shocked by the World Health Organization’s plan for the second phase of a ...
Pfizer, BioNTech Agree to Produce COVID-19 Vaccine for Africa
Pfizer and BioNTech have reached an agreement with a South African company to produce their COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in ...