Australia’s Second-Largest City to Begin Emerging from Strict COVID-19 Lockdown
After more than three months under stifling restrictions imposed in response to a second wave of COVID-19 cases, life in ...
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Breast Cancer Presents Unique Challenges in the Age of Coronavirus
October is breast cancer awareness month, but this year most health care facilities are focused on the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Italy Further Tightens Closures as Coronavirus Infections Surge
With the number of daily new infections from the coronavirus now close to 20,000, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Sunday ...
Europe, US Watch COVID Case Totals Grow, Debate New Restrictions
Confirmed coronavirus infections continued to soar Saturday in many parts of the U.S. and Europe. In some cases, so did anger ...
US Sets New Daily Record for Coronavirus Infections
The United States has set a daily record for coronavirus cases as a new surge of the virus raises fears of a further increase ...
Asteroid Samples Escaping From Jammed NASA Spacecraft
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious ...
WHO Urges World’s Leaders to Act as COVID-19 Cases Surge
Noting the world is at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization is urging nations to take ...
German Health Minister Predicts Vaccine by Early 2021
German Health Minister Jens Spahn says he expects a viable vaccine to be available to Germans by early next year and enough for ...
Millions of Sudan Flood Victims at Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases
The United Nations warns of a looming health crisis in Sudan following historic floods which have created conditions for deadly ...
UN Chief Calls for More Coordinated Efforts Internationally to Fight the Coronavirus
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said it was very unfortunate that the 20 major industrialized nations did not ...
Many Successes, but Difficult Challenges Ahead in Ending Polio
At a time when growing numbers of people are shunning vaccines, the polio vaccine proves that they work. As VOA’s Carol ...
FDA Approves First COVID-19 Drug: Antiviral Remdesivir
U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized ...
Britain to Deliberately Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus
Healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with the coronavirus to try to speed up the development of a vaccine, under ...
NATO Chief: Alliance to Build Space Center at Ramstein Airbase in Germany
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed Thursday that the military alliance would establish a space center at the ...
German Health Institute Sounds Alarm on COVID-19
The head of Germany’s disease control institute sounded an alarm Thursday, warning of a possible uncontrollable spread of ...
Brazilian President Cancels Health Minister’s Plan to Buy Chinese Vaccine Against Coronavirus
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he has canceled a deal to buy a Chinese-developed vaccine against the coronavirus, a day ...
7 Nations Now Have More Than 1 Million COVID-19 Cases
The number of nations with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to seven.Spain and France are the latest ...
Common Cold Could Protect Against COVID-19, Research Shows
Having a cold might protect sufferers from a severe case of COVID-19, new research shows.COVID-19 patients who had recently been ...
Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to US Federal Criminal Charges
The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday that Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful opioid painkiller OxyContin, pleaded guilty ...
Senegal Campaigners Urge Breast Cancer Screening Despite COVID-19 Fears
A Senegalese anti-cancer group is encouraging women to get mammograms after a drop in the number of women getting screened ...
NASA Spacecraft Skims Asteroid Surface to Capture Sample
A spacecraft from the U.S. space agency NASA briefly touched an asteroid Tuesday on a mission to collect dust and pebbles to ...
Pope Reverts to Mask-Less Old Ways Amid Growing Criticism
A day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service, Pope Francis was back to his mask-less old ways ...
COVID-19 Affects Pregnant Women, Fetuses Differently, Researchers Say
Doctors know that viruses can affect pregnant women and their developing fetuses. They are scrambling now to understand the ...
Racial Minorities in US Dying From COVID at Higher Rates Than Whites
Hispanics, Blacks and Asian Americans in the U.S. have been dying at disproportionately higher rates from the coronavirus ...