US Forecasters Predict ‘Extremely Active’ Atlantic Hurricane Season
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has updated its prediction for this year’s North Atlantic ...
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Doctors Ask Medical Schools to Drop MCAT Tests During Pandemic
A professional society of 163,000 physicians, trainees and fellows of internal medicine in the United States is asking medical ...
US Forecasters: Atlantic Hurricane Season to Get Stronger
The already record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is going to get worse, and forecasters could run out of names for ...
Trump Executive Order Requires Government to Buy ‘Essential’ Drugs From US Firms
U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to sign an order Thursday requiring the government to buy “essential” drugs ...
Is It Safe to Reopen Schools During Pandemic?
It depends on how widespread COVID-19 infections are in the community and the safety measures the school takes. In areas where ...
A First Diagnosis of Cancer in a Dinosaur
Canadian researchers have discovered the first known case of cancer in a dinosaur, according to a study published in the August ...
Drones with Infrared Cameras Help Track Elusive Koalas
Conservationists in Australia are hoping infrared drones might help save the remaining koala population in New South Wales, one ...
Penguin Poop Spotted from Space Reveals Hidden Colonies
British scientists say there are more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought based on evidence of bird ...
Study: Heatwaves May Force Fish to Flee Huge Distances
Fish and other marine life may have to flee thousands of kilometers to escape damaging heatwaves, according to research published ...
Virgin Galactic Plans to Build Next Generation Supersonic Commercial Aircraft
Entrepreneur Richard Branson’s aerospace company, Virgin Galactic, announced Monday that it is working with British engine ...
‘Generational Catastrophe’ Possible as Pandemic Creates Education Crisis
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says with schools being forced to shut their doors because of the coronavirus ...
Should Mothers with COVID Breastfeed Their Babies?
The World Health Organization says mothers’ milk is best for babies and that even goes for mothers who are infected with ...
UN Chief Warns of ‘Generational Catastrophe’ as COVID-19 Pandemic Creates Crisis in Education
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says with schools being forced to shut their doors because of the coronavirus ...
UN Chief: COVID-19 Risks Lasting Losses on Global Education
The U.N. Secretary-General warned Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic has caused the largest disruption to education in history ...
Coronavirus Numbers Drop in Egypt and Sudan; Libya, Tunisia and Algeria See Increases
Egypt is reopening churches for the first time in nearly four months, after a major decline in the number of recorded coronavirus ...
Norway Bans Large Cruise Ships After Recent Coronavirus Outbreak
Norway says it will stop all cruise ships with more than 100 people on board from disembarking at Norwegian ports after a ...
It’s Not Too Late to Turn COVID Around, WHO Says
In a report Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) says it is never too late for even the worst infected countries to turn ...
Egypt Fact Checks Elon Musk On Who Really Built Pyramids
Egypt’s minister of international cooperation has extended an invitation to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk after a Musk post on ...
2 US Astronauts Return From International Space Station
Two U.S. astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday, splashing safely into the Gulf of Mexico after a two-month mission to the ...
Debate Begins for Who’s First in Line for COVID-19 Vaccine
Who gets to be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance ...
Connie Culp, First US Partial Face Transplant Recipient, Dies
Connie Culp, the recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S., has died at 57, almost a dozen years after the ...
Mexico No. 3 in Virus Deaths; Storm Could Hinder US Response
Mexico now has the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind Brazil and the United States, where a hurricane bearing down ...
Astronauts Face Final Leg of SpaceX Test Flight: Coming Home
A pair of NASA astronauts face the final and most important part of their SpaceX test flight: returning to Earth with a rare ...
Early in Pandemic, Frantic Doctors Traded Tips Across Oceans
Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and ...