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Police in Vietnam showed up at a private home last year to find what they had suspected: a menagerie of illegal pets, from a
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A massive oil spill that occurred a week ago in Russia’s Arctic region has resulted in an emergency declaration by the
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Weather scientists said May was the warmest month on record worldwide, with one observing
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NASA’s Near-Earth observatory (NEO) is monitoring an asteroid bigger than New York’s Empire State building that is
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Several authors of a large study that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs for coronavirus patients have retracted the
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A report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says emergency room visits for non-coronavirus illnesses
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The temporary expansion of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic would become permanent under a bill considered Thursday by
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The White House medical team kept a close eye on President Donald Trump’s heart rhythms, including at least one
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Turkey and Russia have agreed to cooperate in the development of a coronavirus vaccine and plan to carry out joint clinical
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The World Health Organization has warned that malaria deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa could double this year to 769,000
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A soccer field every 6 seconds. That’s the rate at which the world lost mature tropical forests last year, according
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A study conducted by a major hospital in Milan, Italy, has found that the viral load present in people who now test positive for
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The World Health Organization on Monday confirmed a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of
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The crew of the International Space Station welcomed U.S. astronauts Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken after their privately built
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India reported more than 8,000 new cases of the coronavirus in a single day, another record high that topped the deadliest week
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U.S. officials are predicting an “enhanced” Atlantic hurricane season that may create new challenges for Americans
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Two American astronauts lifted off into space Saturday afternoon, for the first time on a private rocket, nearly a decade after
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The U.S. is set to resume launching astronauts into space Saturday, for the first time on a private rocket, nearly a decade after
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A final decision on a launch attempt for SpaceX’s milestone mission to the International Space Station on Saturday
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Wading into a politically charged issue, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday preached the importance of wearing
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The World Health Organization accuses the tobacco industry of devious tactics to get children and young people hooked on their
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Over the past two months, as air travel ground to a halt, Mishel Zrian has crisscrossed the Atlantic and the United States dozens
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There are more than 5.8 million infections of COVID-19 around the world, with more than 360,000 deaths. Some countries are
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Scientists and environmentalists are urging an international moratorium on deep-sea mining after releasing a report indicating
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