US Health Experts: COVID-19 Vaccine Could be Ready by 2021
The United States has passed the marker of 150,000 deaths from COVID-19, as some spots around the country continue to see rising ...
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WHO Warns Africa Against Easing of Coronavirus Restrictions
The World Health Organization on Thursday warned Africa against easing coronavirus restrictions as the number of infections on ...
NASA Rover Continues Quest to Find Evidence of Life on Mars
NASA aims its new rover to an ancient Martian river delta searching for evidence of past life. A French astronaut is ...
NASA Rover En Route to Mars to Look for Signs of Life
The U.S. has launched its next-generation Mars rover in search of potential signs of life on the red planet.NASA’s latest ...
NASA’s Next-Generation Mars Rover Launches Thursday Morning
NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance is set for liftoff from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday on a ...
COVID Vaccines Enter Final Tests
Two coronavirus vaccines entered the final phase of testing this week. There are now five shots in the pipeline. Scientists ...
2020’s Final Mars Mission Poised for Blastoff from Florida
The summer’s third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA’s most elaborate life-hunting rover — is on ...
Loss of Smell, Taste During COVID Infection Only Temporary, Scientists Say
One of the most frustrating symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus is the loss of the sense of smell ...
Scientists: Smelling, Tasting Loss From COVID-19 Is Temporary
One of the most frustrating symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus is the loss of the sense of smell ...
COVID-19 Shuts Out Baseball’s Miami Marlins
Major League Baseball (MLB) has suspended all Miami Marlins games for the rest of the week after at least 15 players and coaches ...
Scientists Get Closer to Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
New study results are boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple, reliable way to help family doctors diagnose the most ...
Can You Get the Coronavirus Twice?
Is it possible to get the coronavirus more than once? Scientists don’t know for sure yet, but they believe it’s ...
WHO Says COVID-19 Threatens Gains on Hepatitis
The World Health Organization warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening gains made in eliminating Hepatitis B and C, which ...
Cameroon Dispatches Healthcare Workers to Find, Treat Hepatitis Patients
Healthcare workers in Cameroon are marking World Hepatitis Day (July 28), to raise awareness of the virus, which causes ...
Potential US COVID-19 Vaccines Enter Final Phase of Human Testing
Widescale testing began Monday in the United States on two potential COVID-19 vaccines to determine their safety ...
Hawaii Dodges Hurricane Douglas
Much of Hawaii was spared when Hurricane Douglas passed just north of Oahu, Maui and the island of Hawaii, also known as the ...
Trump: US ‘Doing Well’ in Developing COVID-19 Vaccine
President Donald Trump says the United States is “doing well” in developing a coronavirus vaccine as a North Carolina ...
Kenyans Urged to Treat Pandemic Stress
Kenya’s Ministry of Health says the number of mental health cases have jumped dramatically during the COVID-19 ...
Public Health Measures Can Suppress COVID-19, WHO Says
The World Health Organization warns COVID-19 is continuing to accelerate globally at breathtaking speed but says basic public ...
Flood Risk for 1 Million in Phnom Penh as Wetlands Destroyed
More than one million people in Phnom Penh face the risk of increased flooding and loss of livelihoods as wetlands in the ...
Siberian Heat Wave and Melting Arctic Sea Ice Indicate Climate Change, Scientists Say
Scientists warn record Siberian temperatures and the rapid melting of the Arctic sea ice along the Russian coast indicate that ...
More Than 180 Wildfires Burning in Siberia
Wildfires continue to burn in parts of Siberia this summer as a heatwave has continued to spread in areas north of the Arctic ...
Russian Scientists Dig Out Well-Preserved Woolly Mammoth
Russian scientists are digging out fragments of a well-preserved woolly mammoth skeleton found by reindeer herders a few days ago ...
Trump Signs Executive Orders to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at lowering the prices Americans pay for prescription ...