April 17, 2024 0 New effort tackles drug overdose epidemic in US The Biden Administration has launched a new effort to tackle the drug overdose epidemic in the United States, which in 2022 took ...
April 17, 2024 0 Report: Decades of progress in sexual, reproductive health being rolled back GENEVA — Decades of progress in sexual and reproductive health are being rolled back with the poorest, most vulnerable members ...
April 14, 2024 0 Polish abortion opponents march against steps to liberalize strict law WARSAW — Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion marched Sunday in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to ...
April 13, 2024 0 Study: Mexico produces tons of illicit fentanyl, can’t get enough for medical use MEXICO CITY — A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for ...
April 12, 2024 0 Poliovirus resurgence sparks concerns in Pakistan Islamabad — The recent detection of poliovirus in sewage water samples collected across 30 districts in Pakistan has reignited ...
April 12, 2024 0 Swarms of drones can be managed by a single person The U.S. military says large groups of drones and ground robots can be managed by just one person without added stress to the ...
April 11, 2024 0 Trump says Arizona abortion ban goes too far Reproductive rights are again at the forefront of the U.S. presidential campaign, as Republican candidate Donald Trump distances ...
April 11, 2024 0 Scientists struggle to protect infant corals from hungry fish FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are ...
April 10, 2024 0 Biden administration imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on toxic PFAS ...
April 10, 2024 0 Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed the existence of the ‘God particle,’ dies at 94 LONDON — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” ...
April 9, 2024 0 Cameroonian School Teaches Manufacture of Plant-based Meat A government-run school in Cameroon’s capital is teaching students how to manufacture plant-based meat, an innovation which the ...
April 9, 2024 0 Kim Wall grantee to report on climate change, marginalized groups WASHINGTON — Audrey Gray was at a national task force in New Orleans when a colorful zine caught the climate journalist’s ...
April 9, 2024 0 Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say WASHINGTON — For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air ...
April 9, 2024 0 Massive crowds watch total solar eclipse over US Millions of people in the United States from Texas to Maine looked to the sky to witness a rare total solar eclipse. VOA’s Kane ...
April 8, 2024 0 Anti-polio gains threatened by returning migrants, 200,000 unvaccinated children in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD — The World Health Organization said Monday that the recent return of about 600,000 undocumented migrants from ...
April 8, 2024 0 Huge crowds await a total solar eclipse in North America MESQUITE, Texas — Millions of spectators along a narrow corridor stretching from Mexico to the U.S. to Canada eagerly awaited ...
April 8, 2024 0 Mass bleaching detected on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef SYDNEY — Vast areas of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s biggest coral system, have been affected by mass coral ...
April 7, 2024 0 Despite Google Earth, people still buy globes. What’s the appeal? London — Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on ...
April 7, 2024 0 In much of Africa, abortion is legal but not advertised ACCRA, Ghana — When Efua, a 25-year-old fashion designer and single mother in Ghana, became pregnant last year, she sought an ...
April 7, 2024 0 Melting glaciers, drying sea highlight Central Asia’s water woes WASHINGTON — Climate change and water scarcity are harsh realities facing Central Asia. Glaciers in the east, in the mountains ...
April 7, 2024 0 Surrogacy debate comes to a head in Rome ROME — An international campaign to ban surrogacy received a strong endorsement Friday from the Vatican, with a top official ...