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 ...
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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 ...
Australia Warns Pregnant Women of Bushfire Smoke
Pregnant women living in bushfire-prone areas in Australia are being urged to protect themselves and their unborn babies from ...
Survey: Almost Half of Americans Say ‘No’ To COVID Vaccine If Available Today
Nearly half of Americans, or 49%, said they definitely or probably would not get an inoculation if a coronavirus were available ...
Life on Venus, Counterpunching an Asteroid, and a Stargazers’ Perch
Researchers on a quest to find life in the universe got promising news this week. Space agencies are joining forces to ...
Christie’s to Put Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton Up for Auction
The British auction house Christie’s announced this week that it would sell the largest and most complete known skeleton of ...
US Experts say Solar Storms Likely on the Upswing
Experts from the U.S. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say the sun is in the first year of a ...
Flu Season Looms as COVID-19 Rages
As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t bad enough, flu season is about to begin in the Northern Hemisphere, adding millions of ...
Scientists Discover Ancient Fossilized Giant Sperm
Scientists say they have found what may be the oldest specimen of fossilized sperm ever discovered, inside a tiny crustacean ...
UN Chief: COVID-19 Pandemic ‘Out of Control’
The U.N. Secretary-General warned Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic is “out of control,” and he called for global ...
Scientists: Climate Change Making Western Wildfires Worse
Fires burning in California are the largest on record. In Washington state, a larger area burned in five days than have burned in ...
Hurricane Sally Threatens Historic Floods Along US Gulf Coast
Heavy rain and pounding surf driven by Hurricane Sally hit the Florida and Alabama coasts Tuesday as forecasters expected the ...
Well-Preserved Ice Age Cave Bear Remains Found on Russian Island
Scientists at a Russian university have announced the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved ice age cave bear, with much of ...
Hurricane Sally Stalls Just of Southern US Coast
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says slow-moving Hurricane Sally, the latest storm to threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast, remains ...
Sally Brings 100-mph Winds As it Rumbles into US Gulf Coast
Hurricane Sally drew closer to the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday morning, bringing heavy rains and surging water ahead ...
Humpback Whales Found In Crocodile-Infested Australian River, Baffling Scientists
Marine experts are planning to rescue humpback whales that have been recorded for the first time in crocodile-infested waters in ...
Trump, Biden Differ on Approach to Western Wildfires
At opposite ends of the country, President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden presented ...
Hurricane Sally Threatens US Gulf Coast with Slow Drenching
Hurricane Sally, one of five storms lined up as if on a conveyor belt across the Atlantic, churned toward the ...
Sally Set to Become Hurricane and Threaten US Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Sally slowed down Sunday as it churned northward toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, increasing the risk of heavy rain and ...
Medical Journal: Masks an Important Tool to Fight COVID-19
Wearing a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic could be a more important part of the arsenal against the virus than previously ...
Dakotas Lead US in Virus Growth as Both Reject Mask Rules
Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks ...
DRC, Congo Face Risk of Ebola Spreading Across Border
The World Health Organization is raising the prospect that the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ...