German Health Minister Calls for Vaccine Stockpile
Germany’s health minister, Jens Spahn, Thursday stressed the need for Germany to stock up on COVID-19 vaccine for possible ...
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WHO Laments Europe’s ‘Unacceptably Slow’ COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
The World Health Organization says Europe’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts are “unacceptably slow” in the face of a new surge ...
Man’s Ebola Relapse Spawned 91 New Cases in Africa
A man in Africa who developed Ebola despite receiving a vaccine recovered but suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led ...
‘Unlikely’ Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Gets Fresh Look
A joint report by the World Health Organization and China this week concluded it is “extremely unlikely” that COVID-19 ...
France’s Macron Orders Third Lockdown, Closes Schools
President Emmanuel Macron ordered France into its third national lockdown Wednesday in an effort to slow a third wave of COVID-19 ...
Scientist: Kyoto’s Earliest Cherry Blooms in 1,200 Years Point to Climate Change
The famous pink cherry blossoms of Kyoto reached full bloom this year on March 26, the earliest date in the 12 centuries since ...
CDC: COVID-19 Third Largest Cause of US Deaths in 2020
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Wednesday that COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death ...
Race to Produce COVID Vaccine May Cause Measles Jabs Shortage
World Health Organization experts fear the race to produce large quantities of COVID-19 vaccine could cut into the supply of ...
Russia Registers Vaccine to Protect Animals from COVID-19
Russia says it registered the world’s first vaccine for animals against the COVID-19 virus on Wednesday — with government ...
Forest Losses Increased Again in 2020
The world lost a Netherlands-sized area of mature tropical forests in 2020, the second year in a row of worsening losses, ...
COVID Pandemic Has Big Effect in Small Nation of eSwatini
Eddie Simelane is a patient. Every two months, this 46-year-old, HIV-positive father of four wakes up early to line up at a ...
US, 13 Other Nations Concerned About WHO COVID Origins Report
The United States and 13 other nations issued a statement Tuesday raising “shared concerns” about the newly released World ...
WHO, EU, World Leaders Support Pandemic Treaty
Leaders of the European Union, (EU) the World Health Organization (WHO) and 23 countries expressed support Tuesday for an ...
3 Female Polio Vaccinators Killed in Afghanistan
Unknown gunmen have shot dead three female anti-polio workers in Afghanistan, one of the two countries in the world along with ...
World Health Organization Expected to Release Report on COVID-19 Origins Tuesday
A new report to be released Tuesday reveals details about the origins of the COVID-19 virus. The pandemic was most likely ...
Biden Boosts Offshore Wind Energy, Wants to Power 10 Million Homes
The Biden administration is moving to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the East Coast, saying Monday it is taking ...
WHO Report: COVID-19 Likely First Jumped Into Humans from Animals
A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans ...
Biden: 90% of US Adults Will Be Eligible for COVID Vaccine by April 19
Nine out of 10 adults in the United States will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine three weeks from now, President Joe Biden ...
‘All Hypotheses’ on the Table Regarding COVID-19 Origins, WHO Chief Says
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general says despite leaked reports about the results of the agency-sponsored ...
Plastic Pollution Packs the Surface of Bolivian Lake
It can take hundreds of years for plastic containers to break down, if ever at all. Their presence reshapes entire ecosystems, ...
Facebook Freezes Venezuelan President’s Page Over COVID Misinformation
Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s page, according to a spokesperson for the social media giant, because ...
US Woman who Lost Child to Brain Tumor Gives Birth at Age 57
A New Hampshire woman who lost her 13-year-old daughter to a brain tumor in 2016 has now given birth to a son — at age ...
Israelis Gather for Passover, Celebrating Freedom from Virus
A year ago, Giordana Grego’s parents spent Passover at home in Israel, alone but grateful that they had escaped the worst ...
Pakistan Struggles to Contain Third COVID-19 Wave
Pakistan is struggling to contain a third wave of coronavirus infections, reporting close to 4,500 new cases in the last 24 ...