More than 40 million children missed getting vaccinated against measles last year, prompting a significant setback in global efforts to eradicate the highly contagious disease worldwide, the World Health Organization …
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Explainer: Why Was Indonesia’s Shallow Quake So Deadly?
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java. Bodies continued …
your ads here!White House Urges Americans to Get COVID, Flu Shots Before Year-End
The White House brought out two of the nation’s top doctors Tuesday to urge all Americans to update their COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations in the next six weeks as the …
your ads here!Dominican-Born New Yorker Heals Childhood Abuse Through Art
Alexander Boyce thought he was born to make music. But somewhere along the way the Dominican born Boyce turned to painting. And that has made all the difference. Ginny Niwa reports …
your ads here!Lebanon Struggles to Contain Cholera Outbreak
A few weeks ago, Lebanon detected its first cases of cholera in 30 years. The highly contagious disease has since spread and officials in the cash-strapped country fear there is …
your ads here!Fauci Pleads With Americans to Get COVID Shot in Final White House Briefing
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. health official celebrated and vilified as the face of the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response, used his final White House briefing on Tuesday to denounce division …
your ads here!Botswana Introduces Injectable Antiretrovirals for HIV Treatment
Botswana has approved the use of injectable anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to improve adherence to HIV treatment. Minister of Health Edwin Dikoloti says the injections, given every two months, are more …
your ads here!Thailand’s Pot Boosters Battle Bid to Delegalize Cannabis
Five months after Thailand became the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis, boosters of the hot-button herb are fighting to keep it that way amid mounting calls to re-list …
your ads here!Saudi Arabia Shocks Argentina at World Cup
Saudi Arabia scored a major upset win Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Argentina in their opening match at the men’s World Cup in Qatar. Argentina entered the tournament as …
your ads here!Electric Cars Steal the LA Car Show
One of the world’s largest auto shows is underway in Los Angeles. The headline this year is high tech and electric vehicles. Veronica Villafañe has a sneak preview and more …
your ads here!Bacterial Infections ‘Second Leading Cause of Death Worldwide’
Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global study of their lethality revealed on Tuesday. …
your ads here!WHO Identifying Potential Pandemic Pathogens
The World Health Organization said Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation. The …
your ads here!Meet the Real Life ‘Woman King’
The Hollywood film “The Woman King” has received great praise for its portrayal of the fierce female warriors of Benin’s 1800s Kingdom of Dahomey. But where the kingdom once existed, …
your ads here!NASA Capsule Buzzes Moon, Last Big Step Before Lunar Orbit
NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the back side and passing within 80 miles (128 kilometers) on its way to a record-breaking lunar orbit. The close approach …
your ads here!Elton John Rockets Toward Retirement at LA’s Dodger Stadium
Forty seven years after he took the stage at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in a sequined-studded baseball uniform as the world’s biggest pop star, Elton John walked on to …
your ads here!Meet Benin’s Real-Life ‘Woman King’
“The Woman King” is a rare example of an African story told in the form of a Hollywood historical epic. Around the world, it has won praise for its acting, …
your ads here!Bob Iger Returning to Disney as CEO for Two Years
Former Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger is returning to the media company as CEO less than a year after he retired, a surprise appointment that comes as the …
your ads here!Beijing’s Biggest District Urges Residents to Stay Home as COVID Cases Rise
Beijing’s most populous district urged residents to stay at home Monday, extending a request from the weekend as the city’s COVID-19 case numbers rose, with many businesses shut and schools …
your ads here!No More Mad Cow Worries, Banned US Blood Donors Can Give Again
U.S. Army veteran Matt Schermerhorn couldn’t give blood for years because he was stationed in Europe during a deadly mad cow disease scare there. Now, he’s proud to be back …
your ads here!Historic Compensation Fund Approved at UN Climate Talks
Negotiators early Sunday approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries’ carbon pollution, but an …
your ads here!Musk Restores Trump’s Twitter Account After Online Poll
Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the …
your ads here!New Measures for Size, As World’s Population Surpasses 8 Billion
What is bigger: A ronna or a quetta? Scientists meeting outside of Paris on Friday — who have expanded the world’s measuring unit systems for the first time this century …
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