The Doctor Will (Not) See You Now: Deepfakes at the Therapist’s Office
Deepfakes, which use artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate highly realistic but ...
Health
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Cristobal to Merge With New Storm System After Lashing South
Tropical Storm Cristobal could soon renew its strength by uniting with another storm system coming from the west to form one ...
WHO: Spread From People Without Symptoms Is Rare
The World Health Organization says it still believes the spread of the coronavirus from people without symptoms is ...
UN Provides $40 Million in Response to New Ebola Outbreak, Other Emergencies in DR Congo
The U.N. has released $40 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund to help tackle a new outbreak of Ebola and other ...
Poll: Pandemic Does Little to Alter US Views on Health Care
The coronavirus pushed hospitals to the edge, and millions of workers lost job-based coverage in the economic shutdown to slow ...
Netflix to Remove Show That Sparked Outrage Among Haitian Americans
Netflix is removing an episode of the History 101 program that says AIDS originated in Haiti.“We have seen the concerns ...
Vietnam Saves Animals in 35% of Wildlife Crimes Reported, NGO Says
Police in Vietnam showed up at a private home last year to find what they had suspected: a menagerie of illegal pets, from a ...
Oil Spill in Russia Draws Criticism from Putin, Sparks Investigation
A massive oil spill that occurred a week ago in Russia’s Arctic region has resulted in an emergency declaration by the ...
Climate Change Reaches New Heights: WMO
Weather scientists said May was the warmest month on record worldwide, with one observing ...
NASA Monitoring ‘Near-Earth’ Asteroid to Pass by Saturday
NASA’s Near-Earth observatory (NEO) is monitoring an asteroid bigger than New York’s Empire State building that is ...
Lancet Retracts Study on Safety of Malaria Drugs for Coronavirus
Several authors of a large study that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs for coronavirus patients have retracted the ...
ER Visits for Non-Coronavirus Illnesses Plunged in April, CDC Says
A report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says emergency room visits for non-coronavirus illnesses ...
Telehealth Expansion Could Become Permanent Post-Pandemic
The temporary expansion of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic would become permanent under a bill considered Thursday by ...
Doctors Kept Close Eye on Trump’s Use of Malaria Drug
The White House medical team kept a close eye on President Donald Trump’s heart rhythms, including at least one ...
Turkey, Russia Cooperate on Virus Vaccine
Turkey and Russia have agreed to cooperate in the development of a coronavirus vaccine and plan to carry out joint clinical ...
Nigerian E-health Start-up Improving Access to Quick Malaria Testing During Pandemic
The World Health Organization has warned that malaria deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa could double this year to 769,000 ...
Forest Losses Increased in 2019 to Third-Largest This Century
A soccer field every 6 seconds. That’s the rate at which the world lost mature tropical forests last year, according ...
Is Coronavirus Weakening?
A study conducted by a major hospital in Milan, Italy, has found that the viral load present in people who now test positive for ...
WHO Confirms New Ebola Outbreak in Northwest DRC
The World Health Organization on Monday confirmed a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of ...
SpaceX Astronauts Welcomed Aboard International Space Station
The crew of the International Space Station welcomed U.S. astronauts Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken after their privately built ...
Asia Today: India Reports over 8,000 New Virus Cases
India reported more than 8,000 new cases of the coronavirus in a single day, another record high that topped the deadliest week ...
FEMA Predicts Above-Average Year for Hurricanes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
U.S. officials are predicting an “enhanced” Atlantic hurricane season that may create new challenges for Americans ...
US Astronauts Blast Into Space Aboard SpaceX Rocket
Two American astronauts lifted off into space Saturday afternoon, for the first time on a private rocket, nearly a decade after ...
US Astronauts Set to Blast Into Space Aboard SpaceX Rocket
The U.S. is set to resume launching astronauts into space Saturday, for the first time on a private rocket, nearly a decade after ...