EU Urges Action to Avoid Coronavirus Surge
European Union health officials urged members Thursday to “act decisively” to put in place and utilize measures to ...
Health
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NASA Says Bus-Size Asteroid Narrowly Missed Earth Thursday
Scientists at the U.S. space agency NASA say a small asteroid – roughly the size of a bus – passed close to Earth on ...
US Drugmaker Begins Late-Stage Testing of Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine in US
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has begun late-stage human trials of a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in the United ...
UN, Britain to Co-host Climate Summit on December 12
The United Nations and Britain will co-host a global climate summit on December 12, the fifth anniversary of the landmark Paris ...
Storm Beta Continues Slow Trek, Bringing Rain to Parts of Southern US
A weakened Beta continued its slow trek across several Southern states on Wednesday, bringing rainfall to parts of Louisiana, ...
Hydroponic Farm Ventures Take Root in Indian Cities
The rows of lettuce, microgreens and herbs that Himanshu Aggarwal and his mother grow in an enclosed room in a busy New Delhi ...
Pope Calls on World Leaders to Remember All Segments of Society Fighting COVID-19
Pope Francis once again used his weekly general audience Wednesday at the Vatican to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and urged the ...
FDA Chief Says Science Will Guide US Coronavirus Vaccine Approval
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday “science will guide our decisions” as the agency ...
Australia Races To Rescue Beached Whales
Rescuers are trying to save scores of whales beached in the Australian state of Tasmania. Earlier this week, a pod of ...
US Government Drug Agency Considering Stricter New Guidelines on Approval for COVID-19 Vaccine
Volunteers planted 20,000 miniature U.S. flags on the grounds of the Washington Monument in the nation’s capital Tuesday, ...
Arctic Sea Ice Second Lowest on Record
Scientists with the U.S. space agency NASA say satellite data show Arctic sea ice cover this year shrank to the second-lowest ...
Beta Weakens to Tropical Depression, Moves Inland
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm system known as Beta has been downgraded to a tropical depression but still ...
NASA Plans to Land First Woman on the Moon in 2024
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has unveiled a plan to land the first woman on the moon in ...
Flu Season Mixes with Pandemic in the Northern Hemisphere
Doctors and public health experts are telling people in the Northern Hemisphere to prepare for the worst in the coming months, ...
California Firefighters Race to Subdue Flames Before Heat, Winds Return
Five weeks after California erupted in deadly wildfires supercharged by record heat and howling winds, crews battling flames ...
WHO: Since WWII, No Crisis Demonstrates Need for UN More Than COVID-19
The World Health Organization’s director-general said Monday no crisis since World War II demonstrates more clearly ...
US Coronavirus Death Toll Inches Toward 200,000 Deaths
The United States is approaching the milestone of 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, say experts monitoring the outbreak.The ...
US Retail Giant Walmart Aims for Zero Global Emissions by 2040
U.S.-based retail giant Walmart has unveiled new initiatives to reduce its global carbon footprint while preserving the ...
CDC Adds Breathing to Ways Coronavirus Spreads
As the United States nears 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines to ...
Health Officials Advise Flu Shot to Avoid Dealing With Flu, COVID at the Same Time
Health officials are warning the public to get a flu shot this year to avoid having to deal with COVID-19 and the flu ...
Health Officials Advise Flu Shot to Avoid Dealing with Flu, COVID-19 at the Same Time
Health officials are warning the public to get a flu shot this year to avoid having to deal with COVID-19 and the flu ...
Forecasters Turn to Greek Alphabet After Storm Names Run Out
Weather forecasters have started using the Greek alphabet to designate new storms after running out of conventional names.The ...
Drug Shows Promise in 1st Largely Minority COVID-19 Study
A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines ...
Progress Made Toward Phasing Out Planet-Warming ‘Super’ Greenhouse Gases
Rare bipartisan support for new climate legislation brings the U.S. one step closer to ditching a group of potent planet-warming ...