March 4, 2021 0 Ending Mask Mandates Reflects ‘Neanderthal Thinking,’ Biden Says U.S. President Joe Biden, while expressing frustration, has limited power to overrule decisions by state governors who are ending ...
March 3, 2021 0 US Health Official: ‘Now is Not the Time’ to End COVID-19 Restrictions The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday “now is not the time” to lift COVID-19 ...
March 3, 2021 0 COVID-19 Exposes Hearing Problems The World Health Organization says one in 10 people worldwide is expected to suffer from hearing loss by 2050. But in the United ...
March 3, 2021 0 Variant First Detected in Brazil Could Reinfect People Recovering from COVID-19 Scientists are warning that a variant of the novel coronavirus that was first detected in Brazil could reinfect people already ...
March 3, 2021 0 WHO Says 1.5 Billion People Suffer Hearing Loss Globally To mark World Hearing Day, the World Health Organization is calling for action to stem the epidemic of hearing loss, which ...
March 3, 2021 0 Japan Billionaire Offers Space Seats to Moon It’s the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar ...
March 3, 2021 0 Biden: Enough Vaccine for Every Adult American by End of May Merck will help its pharmaceutical competitor Johnson & Johnson make the single-shot coronavirus vaccine. That was announced ...
March 2, 2021 0 Texas Becomes Biggest US State to Lift COVID-19 Mask Mandate Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to no longer require one of the ...
March 2, 2021 0 US Drug Maker Merck to Help Produce Rival’s COVID Vaccine U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck has agreed to help manufacture rival Johnson & Johnson’s new coronavirus vaccine to help ...
March 2, 2021 0 COVAX Program to Roll Out Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses Globally The global COVAX vaccine distribution plan aims to deliver tens of millions of vaccine doses to low-income countries — many ...
March 2, 2021 0 Zimbabwe Relaxes Lockdown as Coronavirus Cases Decrease President Emmerson Mnangagwa has relaxed Zimbabwe’s coronavirus lockdown, saying new infections continue to decrease. ...
March 2, 2021 0 One in Four People Will Have Hearing Problems by 2050, WHO Says One in four of the world’s population will suffer from hearing problems by 2050, the World Health Organization warned ...
March 1, 2021 0 Third Vaccine Arrives as Another COVID Surge Looms A third COVID-19 vaccine is heading to clinics and pharmacies across the United States. But U.S. health officials are warning ...
March 1, 2021 0 Deadly Drug Overdoses Epidemic Rages On More than 86,000 people died from drug overdoses last year in the U.S. – a massive increase of just over 24 percent. It is an ...
March 1, 2021 0 Iceberg Bigger Than NYC Breaks off From Antarctica Scientists with the British Antarctica Survey (BAS) say a huge iceberg — larger than New York City — has broken off from ...
March 1, 2021 0 International Study Shows COVID-19 Vaccine Likely Uptake on the Rise An international study shows an upward trend in support for receiving COVID-19 vaccines in several countries compared to ...
March 1, 2021 0 Philippines Finally Receives First Batch of COVID-19 Vaccine The Philippines launched its national coronavirus vaccination campaign Monday amid widespread public skepticism and a ...
February 28, 2021 0 Spacewalking Astronauts Prep Station for New Solar Wings Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the ...
February 28, 2021 0 FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson Vaccine for Use in US The U.S. Food and Drug Administration formally authorized the use of the Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine Saturday, ...
February 27, 2021 0 Third US COVID Vaccine on Verge of Approval The U.S. moved a step closer Friday to having another vaccine in its coronavirus arsenal, after an advisory panel to the Food and ...
February 26, 2021 0 US Advisers Endorse Single-shot COVID-19 Vaccine From Johnson & Johnson U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of ...
February 26, 2021 0 New Zealand Supporting Drone Project to Monitor Rare Dolphins New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday her government is supporting a new project using drones designed to monitor ...
February 26, 2021 0 Former British PM Blair Readies Blueprint for Tackling Next Pandemic A former British prime minister has prepared a blueprint for world leaders to use to manage the next pandemic. Tony ...
February 26, 2021 0 One Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Reduces Transmission, Study Finds Three new British studies show the Pfzier-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which is considered a two-dose vaccine, reduced transmission ...