Oxford’s AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Safe and 79% Effective
Trials in the United States show the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine is safe and 79% effective against the coronavirus, according ...
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Australia Floods Disrupt COVID-19 Vaccinations
Widespread flooding is disrupting the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in Australia as thousands of people are forced to leave ...
Australia to Evacuate Thousands as Sydney Faces Worst Floods in 60 Years
Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands of more people Monday from Sydney’s flooded ...
Adopting A Baby With Opioid Addiction – A Painful Yet Worth-While Journey
Carrie Brady was 40 and single when she decided to adopt a baby. Because of the US opioid crisis, her chances of finding a match ...
Environmentalists: Life on Earth Hinges on Restoration of World’s Forests
In marking the International Day of Forests, environmentalists are calling for the restoration of forests and their life-giving ...
Largest Vaccine Producer Delays Shipments to Some Countries
The world’s largest vaccine producer has told at least three countries that their COVID-19 vaccine shipments will be ...
Miami Beach Imposes Curfew on Spring Break Crowds
Throngs of revelers flocking to Miami Beach, Florida, for spring break have become so uncontrollable that authorities imposed a ...
Climate Change Intensifying Water-Related Disasters
Ahead of World Water Day Monday, the World Meteorological Organization warns climate change is intensifying water-related ...
Zoos, Scientists Aim to Curb People Giving Virus to Animals
The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign. Soon the ...
Britain PM Johnson Gets First Dose of AstraZeneca Vaccine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Friday and urged the public to ...
Australian Surgeon Treats South Sudanese Women, Girls Suffering from Fistula
A 14-year-old South Sudanese girl who could not control her urine or bowel movements for two years is lying on a bed at the ...
German Health Officials: Virus Spreading ‘Exponentially’
German health officials Friday said coronavirus cases in the country are rising at “an exponential rate,” forcing the ...
Biden, Harris to Georgia as Asian American Hate Crimes, Vaccines Take Center Stage
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are traveling to the southern U.S. state of Georgia on Friday, ...
European Medicines Agency Again Approves AstraZeneca Vaccine
Two European prime ministers – Britain’s Boris Johnson and France’s Jean Castex – are being inoculated Friday ...
US to Provide Coronavirus Vaccines to Neighbors
U.S. and Mexican officials deny Washington is attaching any strings to a likely shipment of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses ...
This Week in Space
NASA calls its latest mission on the surface of Mars a “Wright Brothers moment” of aeronautical pioneering. The ISS ...
More Europeans Dying from COVID Now Than Last Year, WHO Says
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director for Europe said Thursday that the COVID-19 situation in the continent has taken ...
UN Agencies Call for Action Against Ageism
Leading United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to combat ageism, which they say harms the well-being of older ...
EU Investigators to Release Findings on AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
The European Union’s medications watchdog is due to release initial results Thursday of its investigation into whether there is ...
Australia Responds To COVID-19 Crisis in Neighboring Papua New Guinea
Australia is beginning an urgent rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in the Torres Strait in northern Queensland because of a sharp ...
Scientists Determine New Cause of Missing Water on Mars
Scientists are rethinking the cause of water loss on Mars in the face of new evidence that challenges the long-held theory that ...
Drugmakers Prepare COVID Vaccines Against Variants
Testing is under way for modified versions of COVID-19 vaccines that aim to deal with coronavirus variants. Experts say current ...
Mass Migration, COVID Return FGM to Shadows, Aid Group Says
Mass migration and the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to the worldwide spread of female genital mutilation, or FGM, executed ...
WHO: AstraZeneca Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Risks
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement Wednesday, saying it believes the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 ...