EU Chief Threatens Ban on British COVID-19 Vaccine Exports
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday said British-based vaccine maker AstraZeneca has underdelivered its ...
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Moderna Begins Testing its COVID-19 Vaccine in Young Children
U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Moderna has begun testing its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine in young children to determine if ...
Regenerative Sea Slug Offers Distant Hope for Humans
Researchers in Japan recently discovered that some sea slugs can regrow their bodies. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports that ...
Pakistan Faces Third, More Infectious COVID Wave
Pakistan says it is now facing a third wave of the novel coronavirus. Officials have particularly expressed concern over the ...
Europe’s Medical Regulator to Rule on AstraZeneca Safety
Europe’s medical regulator, the European Medicines Agency, will announce Thursday its findings on the safety of ...
France Battles a Third Wave of COVID Infections
Despite the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, France is once again under pressure to take new measures to curb a new spread of ...
White House Launches ‘Help is Here’ Tour
Over the next 10 days, the United States will achieve what President Joe Biden describes as “two giant goals” — the ...
Fauci Says US Going In ‘Right Direction’ With COVID
The top U.S. infectious disease expert said Sunday the country is going in the “right direction” with millions of Americans ...
Survivors Struggle as Scientists Race to Solve COVID Mystery
There was no reason to celebrate on Rachel Van Lear’s anniversary. The same day a global pandemic was declared, she developed ...
Fauci: US Normalcy Soon, but Cautions on Premature Easing of COVID Restrictions
Dr. Anthony Fauci, U.S. President Joe Biden’s top coronavirus adviser, said Sunday he is optimistic the country can return to ...
Worldwide COVID-19 Cases Approach 120 million, Johns Hopkins Says
More than 119.5 million people have contracted COVID-19, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday. ...
Australian Researchers Claim Asthma and Autoimmune Breakthrough
Australian researchers say an “incredible” discovery could allow new treatments for asthma and prevent autoimmune ...
Spacewalkers Take Extra Safety Precautions for Toxic Ammonia
Spacewalking astronauts had to take extra safety precautions Saturday after ridding their suits of any toxic ammonia from the ...
US Communities Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis
A year into the coronavirus pandemic that is disproportionately ravaging African American lives both physically and economically, ...
Wealthy Nations Accused of Blocking Access of Lower-income Nations to COVID-19 Vaccines
The United States and other wealthy countries are standing in the way of low- and middle-income countries seeking better access ...
UN Says Ebola in Guinea May be Linked to a Survivor of 2014 Outbreak
A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it ...
Report: 2020 Record Year for Discovering Asteroids
A new report says 2020 was a record year for discovering new asteroids, particularly those with near-Earth orbits in spite of the ...
How the Philippines Finally Got its COVID-19 Caseload Under Control
The Philippines has gotten a measure of control over its once-runaway COVID-19 outbreak through strict lockdowns and a year of ...
The ‘Quad’ Aims to Ramp Up Southeast Asia Vaccine Production to 1 Billion Doses
U.S. President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of Japan, India, and Australia are meeting virtually Friday for a summit of the ...
Large Asteroid to Pass by Earth on March 21, NASA says
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within about 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) of our ...
Perseverance Rover Shoots Lasers on Mars
While NASA’s Mars rover roams the Red Planet searching for signs of ancient life, scientists on Earth follow clues in a Turkish ...
Biden Signs Coronavirus Relief Package
U.S. President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package into law Thursday, opening the door for the release ...
AP-NORC Poll: 1 in 5 in US Lost Someone Close in Pandemic
About 1 in 5 Americans say they lost a relative or close friend to the coronavirus, highlighting the division between heartache ...
AstraZeneca Vaccine Stopped in Denmark After Reports of Blood Clots
Denmark health officials announced Thursday they are suspending the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for 14 days as it ...