June 26, 2020 0 Despite Pandemic, Trump Administration Urges End to ACA In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable ...
June 25, 2020 0 US, Europe, Japan Space Agencies Announce COVID-19 ‘Dashboard’ The U.S. space agency NASA and its European and Japanese counterparts (ESA, JAXA) announced Thursday the launching of the ...
June 25, 2020 0 US Lab Renowned for Nuclear Research Using High Tech to Fight COVID-19 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is known historically as an important nuclear research center. ...
June 25, 2020 0 Toughest Workout During COVID? Staying Motivated Hannah Gjerde starts her day at her hot-mat yoga class on the front lawn of her parent’s home, right before settling ...
June 25, 2020 0 Sahara Dust Cloud Looms Over Cuba, Caribbean and Florida A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings ...
June 25, 2020 0 Germany Bans Single-Use Plastic Straws, Food Containers Germany is banning the sale of single-use plastic straws, cotton buds and food containers, bringing it in line with a European ...
June 24, 2020 0 Human Rights Campaign to Sue Trump Administration The Trump administration’s recent decision to roll back civil rights protections for transgender people in health care has ...
June 24, 2020 0 UN Weather Agency to Investigate Reported Record Arctic Heat The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Tuesday it is seeking to investigate record high temperatures reported from ...
June 23, 2020 0 US Honeybees Making Comeback, Survey Shows Honeybees are coming back after record losses in 2019, a survey of U.S. beekeepers says. The Bee Informed ...
June 22, 2020 0 US Honeybees Doing Better After Bad Year, Survey Shows American honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds. Beekeepers lost only ...
June 22, 2020 0 UN Warns of Risk of Low Distribution of AIDS Drug Amid COVID Lockdowns The COVID-19 pandemic could affect availability and distribution of antiretroviral medicine used to treat HIV, UNAIDS said ...
June 22, 2020 0 Thai Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine Reach Make-or-Break Stage Thai scientists administered a second dose of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to monkeys on Monday, looking for another positive ...
June 22, 2020 0 HIV Drug Sped to Approval 25 Years Ago Revolutionized Fight Against AIDS AIDS activist Larry Kramer used to wear an oversized rectangular turquoise ring on his left finger, tinged with variations of ...
June 22, 2020 0 Heat Wave Shatters Record in Siberian Town One of the coldest places on Earth on Saturday became one of the hottest places on Earth. A Russian heat wave sent ...
June 21, 2020 0 Rare ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Crossed Skies of Africa, Asia Many amateur astronomers in Africa and Asia had the chance to observe Sunday, for the summer solstice, a rare solar eclipse of ...
June 20, 2020 0 Sickle Cell Patients Ask for Protection Against COVID-19 as Confirmed Cases Increase to Over 11, 000 Sickle cell patients in Cameroon on this year’s World Sickle Cell Day on June 19, asked to be given additional care and ...
June 20, 2020 0 Giant Footprints Linked to Predatory Australian Dinosaur Giant footprints found in a disused coal mine belong to Australia’s biggest predatory dinosaur, according to new ...
June 19, 2020 0 US Insurers Eye Legionnaires’ Disease Safeguards as Buildings Reopen From Lockdowns Commercial insurers are scrutinizing building managers’ efforts to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease as they ...
June 19, 2020 0 Humanitarian Air Service Could Run Out of Money The U.N.’s World Food Program says its humanitarian air service could stop at the end of July without more funds to keep ...
June 19, 2020 0 Europeans Working with US to Restructure WHO, Top Official Says European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, a top health official ...
June 18, 2020 0 Mystery Fossil Found in Antarctica is Giant Egg, Scientists Say Researchers say they have determined a mystery fossil discovered in Antarctica in 2011 is a large egg, possibly laid by an ...
June 18, 2020 0 Lockheed Martin Orion Spacecraft Completes Successful Test Aerospace company Lockheed Martin says it has successfully completed a crucial test of the Orion spacecraft it is building for ...
June 18, 2020 0 WHO Aiming for 2 Billion Doses of COVID Vaccine by End of 2021 The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said Thursday the agency hopes there will be about two billion ...
June 18, 2020 0 Solar Obiter Spacecraft Makes Closest Approach to Sun So Far The joint Europe and U.S. Solar Orbiter spacecraft has made its first close approach to the Sun, getting as close as 77 million ...