News outlets say the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is planning to spend $5 billion to purchase Pfizer’s new experimental antiviral pill designed to treat COVID-19, enough to cover 10 million courses of treatment. …
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Canada Landslides Leave 1 Dead, 2 Missing, Port’s Rail Access Cut
The port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest, said on Tuesday that all rail access had been cut by floods and landslides farther east that killed at least one person and left …
your ads here!AU Sets Up Nairobi Situation Room to Help Africa Mitigate Disasters
With the Earth getting warmer and weather events more extreme, the African Union has set up a Disaster Operations Center in Nairobi to help monitor major hazards and provide regional …
your ads here!Russia Rejects Accusations that Anti-satellite Missile Endangers ISS Astronauts
Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations that they endangered astronauts aboard the International Space Station by conducting a weapons test that created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk. U.S. …
your ads here!Heavy Rains Force Evacuations, Trap Motorists in Canada
Relentless rain battered Canada’s Pacific coast on Monday, forcing a town’s evacuation and trapping motorists as mudslides, rocks and debris were washed across major highways. Some 275 people, according to …
your ads here!Russian Test Blamed for Space Junk Threatening Space Station
A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, U.S. officials said Monday. The State …
your ads here!Britain Expands COVID-19 Booster Availability to Ages 40-49
The British government Monday announced Monday an expansion of the nation’s COVID-19 booster shot program to people ages 40 and up, to fight off a potential winter surge of the …
your ads here!Pakistan Begins Immunizing Millions Against Measles and Rubella
Pakistan rolled out a massive two-week drive Monday to immunize more than 90 million children in what officials hailed as one of the world’s biggest vaccination campaigns against measles and …
your ads here!Searching for Clues to Earth’s Past/Future in Ice Archive
ith the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, or COP 26, now over, countries are looking to begin funding a global counterattack on rising temperatures on Earth. Meanwhile, scientists in Denmark …
your ads here!Malawi Rolls Out Effort to Prevent Malaria Spread
Malawi has begun a mass distribution of mosquito nets, aiming to reach almost half the country’s population of 18 million people. Health authorities say the campaign is aimed at reducing …
your ads here!Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ Shifts Focus to Contain Sahara
The idea was striking in its ambition: African countries aimed to plant trees in a more than 8,000 kilometer-line spanning the entire continent, creating a natural barrier to hold back …
your ads here!Alzheimer’s Drug Cited as Medicare Premium Jumps by $21.60
Medicare’s “Part B” outpatient premium will jump by $21.60 a month in 2022, one of the largest increases ever. Officials said Friday a new Alzheimer’s drug is responsible for about …
your ads here!With US Aid Money, Schools Put Bigger Focus on Mental Health
In Kansas City, Kansas, educators are opening an after-school mental health clinic staffed with school counselors and social workers. Schools in Paterson, New Jersey, have set up social emotional learning …
your ads here!COP26: African Youth Demand Rich Nations Fulfil Promises
Africa is on the front line of climate change. Nowhere is this more evident than the Lake Chad Basin, which covers almost 8% of the continent and supports tens of …
your ads here!COP26: African Youth Demand Rich Nations Fulfill Promises
Several young African climate activists traveled thousands of miles to Glasgow, Scotland, to be part of the COP26 climate summit — and to convey their sense of urgency to world …
your ads here!Businessman Who Went to Space With Shatner Dies in Plane Crash
A businessman who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of …
your ads here!Europe Reports 2 Million New COVID Cases
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that Europe remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting 2 million new cases last week, the region’s highest number since …
your ads here!Fossil Discovery Offers More Evidence of Ritualistic Behavior by Extinct Hominins
Scientists in South Africa have discovered the first partial Homo Naledi child’s skull in one of the world’s richest hominin fossil sites. The discovery at a UNESCO World Heritage site …
your ads here!US Drug Maker Johnson and Johnson to Split Into Two Companies
U.S. drug maker Johnson & Johnson announced Friday it will separate its consumer health business of over-the-counter, name brand drugs from its prescription drug and medical device business, creating two companies. In a release posted …
your ads here!22 Million Infants Missed First Measles Vaccine In 2020
More than 22 million infants missed their first measles vaccine in 2020, according to a report by the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WHO …
your ads here!Germany Reports Record Daily High of 50,000 New COVID Infections
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday people have a duty to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine as a way of protecting not only themselves, but others as well. She …
your ads here!COVID-19 Hot Spots Offer Sign of What Could Be Ahead for US
The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter …
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