Technology Barrier Hits COVID Inoculation Drive in Rural Areas
India’s technology driven vaccination initiative has raised concerns the country’s huge digital divide is making it ...
Health
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Colombia Has the World’s Largest Variety of Butterfly Species, Study Finds
Colombia is home to the world’s largest variety of butterflies, approximately 20% of all known species, according to a ...
World Bank, African Union Partner to Buy, Distribute 400 Million COVID-19 Shots
The World Bank announced a partnership with the African Union Tuesday to finance the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 ...
US Will Likely Miss July 4 COVID Vaccination Goal of 70%
The United States is likely to miss President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70% of U.S. adults partially or fully vaccinated ...
UNESCO Panel Recommends Listing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef as ‘In Danger’
A special committee with the United Nations’s cultural agency says Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be placed on a list ...
Japan Begins Workplace Vaccination Program
Thousands of Japanese companies began the rollout of their workplace vaccine programs Monday, inoculating company workers and ...
In the Absence of In-Person Classes, Dentistry Courses Use Virtual Reality
While virtual reality-based simulation is commonly used in medical education, its use in dental education is still limited. Two ...
US Sending 2.5 Million COVID-19 Vaccines to Taiwan
The United States says it is sending 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan, substantially increasing its initial promise of ...
Tanzania Authorities Warn of 3rd Wave of COVID-19
Tanzania Authorities Warn of Third Wave of COVID-19 A few days after Tanzania expressed its interest in joining the COVAX global ...
US Sending 23.5 Million COVID-19 Vaccines to Taiwan
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday more than 178 million global COVID-19 infections and almost 4 ...
WHO Declares End to Second Ebola Outbreak in Guinea
The World Health Organization officially announced Saturday the end of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak, which was declared ...
Cameroon Sickle Cell Patients Say They Can Live Longer
Hundreds of sickle cell disease patients in Cameroon are using World Sickle Cell Day, June 19, to teach their neighbors that ...
Johns Hopkins: 177.8 Million Global COVID Infections
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center has reported 177.8 million global COVID-19 cases and 3.8 million deaths. The U.S. ...
Thailand Starts Human Trials of Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccines
Thailand has begun human trials with two of four homegrown vaccine candidates local scientists are developing against COVID-19, ...
Namibian Chief who Urged German Reparations Dies of Virus
A prominent Namibian traditional leader, Vekuii Rukoro, the paramount chief of the OvaHererero people who led international legal ...
French, German Leaders Urge Vigilance Against COVID-19 Variants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron urged European Union countries Friday to be vigilant against ...
Biden Touts US COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
President Joe Biden announced Friday that 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in the United States since he ...
US Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law Again
The U.S. Supreme Court for the third time on Thursday upheld the legality of the country’s chief health insurance law that ...
Climate-Related Drought Disasters Threaten Development, UN Warns
The United Nations warns accelerating climate change is causing a dramatic intensification of global drought disasters, which are ...
Explainer: The Significance of China’s New Space Station
Adding a crew to China’s new orbiting space station is another major advance for the burgeoning space power. ...
Astronauts Arrive at China’s New Permanent Space Station
The first manned crew of China’s new permanent space station docked with the outpost Thursday evening.The Shenzhou-12 ...
China Launches First Crew to New Permanent Space Station
China launched the first crew of its new permanent space station into orbit Thursday morning.Veteran astronauts Nie Haisheng and ...
US Buys Another 200 Million Moderna COVID Vaccines
The U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna said Wednesday the U.S. government has purchased another 200 million doses of its COVID-19 ...
Rocky Mountain Forest Fires More Frequent Than Ever, Study Finds
The current rate of forest fires burning through the Rocky Mountains in the United States is the highest it’s been in the past ...