An investigation was underway Monday into the deaths of 21 runners during a mountain ultra-marathon in northwest China, as harrowing testimony emerged from survivors who battled to safety through freezing temperatures and …
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India Nearing 300,000 COVID Deaths
India is nearing 300,000 recorded deaths from the coronavirus, after adding more than 3,700 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country reported more than 240,000 new infections Sunday …
your ads here!Pandemic Treaty, Vaccine Equity Seen Topping UN Health Meeting Agenda
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic and preventing future pandemics is expected to dominate discussions during this week’s 74th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization. The session …
your ads here!CDC Investigates Reports of Heart Inflammation After COVID Inoculations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is investigating reports that young people have developed myocarditis, or heart inflammation, after being inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine.The agency’s …
your ads here!China’s ‘Father of Hybrid Rice’ Dies; His Research Helped Feed World
Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, died Saturday at a hospital in the southern city of Changsha, the Xinhua …
your ads here!Virgin Galactic Shuttle’s First Rocket-powered Flight Reaches Edge of Space
Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to …
your ads here!Biden Announces US-South Korea Vaccine Partnership
COVID-19, climate change and cooperation in high-tech industries were the focus of a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House Friday. …
your ads here!Cicadas Blanket Parts of US
Billions, perhaps even trillions, of cicadas are emerging from the soil over a six-week period in more than a dozen U.S. states. The Washington region, including Northern Virginia, is a …
your ads here!Online Dating Sites Offer Incentives to Get Vaccinated, White House Says
The White House COVID-19 response team said Friday that major online dating sites are pitching in to encourage more people in the United States to get vaccinated.At the response team’s …
your ads here!Refugees in Uganda Battle Suicidal Thoughts Amid COVID Pandemic
Twenty-two-year-old Meta Josten from the Democratic Republic of Congo was already living a hard life in one of Uganda’s refugee settlements. When the Ugandan government announced measures last year to …
your ads here!Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Go Maskless, CDC Says
U.S. health officials said Thursday that people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can go maskless and stop maintaining social distancing in most social settings. Folks, if you’re fully vaccinated — you no longer need to wear a mask.If you’re …
your ads here!Misinformation Surges Amid India’s COVID-19 Calamity
The man in the WhatsApp video says he has seen it work himself: A few drops of lemon juice in the nose will cure COVID-19.”If you practice what I am …
your ads here!Beset by Virus, Gaza’s Hospitals Now Struggle with Wounded
Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases. Authorities cleared out hospital operating rooms, suspended nonessential care and redeployed doctors …
your ads here!This Week in Space: NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Hums Above Mars’ Surface
NASA shares the sound of its Mars helicopter. Plus, space debris triggers a verbal sparring match, and an asteroid sample is heading to Earth. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has This Week in Space.Producer: Arash Arabasadi. …
your ads here!CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Go Back to Normal Life
Health officials are recommending lifting most COVID-19 restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated.That means no more masks or social distancing, indoors or outdoors, according to updated guidance from the …
your ads here!CDC: Fully Vaccinated People Can Largely Ditch Masks Indoors
In a move to send the country back toward pre-pandemic life, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing …
your ads here!Johnson ‘Anxious’ Over Rise of Variant From India in UK
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson voiced anxiety Thursday about a rise in the U.K. of the coronavirus variant first identified in India, after a closely monitored study of infections in …
your ads here!Explainer: How COVID-19 Vaccines Will Work for Kids in US
Children ages 12 and older can now roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., offering parents and schools a chance to relax their pandemic precautions and bringing …
your ads here!Virus Stifles Muslims’ Eid al-Fitr Celebrations for 2nd Year
Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic again forced mosque closings and family separations on the holiday marking the end …
your ads here!US-based Physicists Tout ‘Watershed Moment’ in Particle Research
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab near Chicago is probing the unseen forces that make up the basic building blocks of all matter – and life. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports …
your ads here!Washington Entices Locals and Visitors to Get Immunized with Free Perks
Washington plans to lift many coronavirus restrictions and aims for a full reopening by mid-June. The U.S. capital has already vaccinated more than 70% of its residents. Saqib Ul Islam …
your ads here!NASA’s Mars Rover Begins Search for Signs of Ancient Life
The U.S. space agency, NASA, said in a news release this week that its Perseverance Mars rover was focusing on its primary mission of looking for signs of ancient life …
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