Scientists with the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in the U.S. state of Colorado said Wednesday that, as summer was ending in the Northern Hemisphere, Arctic sea ice …
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WHO: Reducing Air Pollution Could Save Millions of Lives
The World Health Organization is issuing new guidelines on improving global air quality, which it says could save many of the seven million lives that are lost each year to …
your ads here!Amnesty Report : Drugmakers Far Short of Offering COVID-19 Vaccines to Poorer Nations
Amnesty International is accusing the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies of creating an “unprecedented human rights crisis” by failing to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines for the world’s poorest nations. In a …
your ads here!US, China Unveil Separate Big Steps to Fight Climate Change
The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world announced separate financial attacks on climate change Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will no longer fund …
your ads here!WHO: Delta Now Dominant COVID Variant Globally
The delta variant of the coronavirus has overtaken all other variants of concern, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. “Less than 1% each of alpha, beta and gamma are currently …
your ads here!McDonald’s to Phase Out Plastic Toys from Happy Meals
Fast-food giant McDonald’s said Tuesday it would phase out plastic toys from its signature Happy Meals by 2025. “Starting now, and phased in across the globe by the end of …
your ads here!Johnson & Johnson Says Its COVID Booster Shot Improves Protection
U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday new “real world” and phase 3 study data show a second shot of its single-dose vaccine about two months after the initial …
your ads here!Melbourne Protesters Rally Against Coronavirus Restrictions
Hundreds of people demonstrated Tuesday in Australia’s second-largest city to protest coronavirus restrictions the government imposed on the construction industry. Officials announced construction sites in Melbourne would be closed for …
your ads here!Journalists in Europe, US Face Harassment over Pandemic Coverage
When Italian reporter Francesco Giovannetti told protesters that he was covering them for the left-leaning daily La Repubblica, insults poured out with abandon. It was August 30 in Rome, outside …
your ads here!UN Chief: Climate Targets Not on Track
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern Monday that the world is not on track to meet several urgent targets in the fight against climate change. “Based on the present …
your ads here!Pfizer-BioNTech Say Their COVID Vaccine Safe, Effective for 5- to-11-Year-Olds
The Pfizer and BioNTech drug companies said Monday that lower dose shots of their two-dose COVID-19 vaccine are safe and effective for five-to-11-year-old children. The U.S. company and its German …
your ads here!Australia Warned Dementia Cases Will Double Within 40 Years
Within 40 years, more than 800,000 Australians — twice as many as now — will be living with dementia, unless a cure is found, according to a new government-sponsored report. Dementia is the second …
your ads here!India Expected to Ease COVID-19 Vaccine Export Restrictions
There is growing optimism that India could resume exports of COVID-19 vaccines as production expands at a rapid pace, putting the country on track to immunize its adult population in …
your ads here!‘Compassion Fatigue’ Hitting US Doctors, Report Says
A report in The Guardian says U.S. physicians treating unvaccinated patients are “succumbing to compassion fatigue” as a fourth surge of COVID-19 cases sweeps across the country. Dr. Michelle Shu, …
your ads here!World Leaders Return to UN With Focus on Pandemic, Climate
World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which last …
your ads here!US Business Demand High, Worker Availability Low
Millions of Americans who were thrown out of work in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic are now encountering a hot jobs market with businesses eager, even desperate, to …
your ads here!China’s COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy Reaches 100-Plus Countries
Despite doubts about the effectiveness of China’s COVID-19 vaccines, the global vaccine shortage is giving China an international soft power boost. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced this week via the official Xinhua …
your ads here!Space Tourists Splash Down in Atlantic, End 3-Day Trip
Four space tourists ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the ocean just before sunset, …
your ads here!Malawi Trial Shows New Typhoid Vaccine Effective in Children
Malawi plans a nationwide rollout of the newest typhoid vaccine after a two-year study, the first in Africa, found it safe and effective in children as young as 9 months. …
your ads here!WHO: Rich Countries’ Chokehold on COVID Vaccines Prolongs Pandemic in Africa
The World Health Organization is warning that COVID-19 vaccine export bans and hoarding by wealthy countries will prolong the pandemic in Africa, preventing recovery from the disease in the rest …
your ads here!FDA Panel Rejects Proposal for Widespread COVID Booster Shots
A U.S. government advisory panel rejected a plan for the widespread use of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, dealing a setback to the Biden administration, which had championed the extra shots …
your ads here!Leaders to Gather at UN Against COVID-19 Backdrop
New York next week will see one of its first large gatherings since the coronavirus pandemic, when more than a hundred world leaders are expected to return to the United …
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