National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether testing would …
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Ignoring COVID Warnings, Millions Travel for Thanksgiving Holiday
Millions of Americans have resumed traveling this year to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends -this despite a warning from the Centers for Disease Control to stay home. VOA’s Carol Pearson …
your ads here!China Stepping Up Virus Testing on Imported Food Packaging
China is stepping up virus inspections on imported food packaging as cooler weather brings new waves of coronavirus infections in several overseas countries, Chinese officials said Wednesday. Packaging is “not …
your ads here!Millions of Americans Travel for Thanksgiving Holiday Despite COVID Warnings
Millions of Americans have resumed traveling this year to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends -this despite a warning from the Centers for Disease Control to stay home. VOA’s Carol Pearson …
your ads here!Scotland First in the World to Make Sanitary Products Free
Scotland on Tuesday made sanitary products free to all women, becoming the first nation in the world to take such a step against “period poverty.” The measure makes tampons and sanitary …
your ads here!NASA Apollo Program Helped Boost US Food Safety
Americans are less likely to get food poisoning this Thanksgiving thanks to NASA. Yes, NASA. The space agency’s Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system created decades ago for …
your ads here!Americans Wait in Line for Hours for COVID-19 Tests as Holidays Approach
With coronavirus cases surging across the U.S., more people who want to travel to be with family for the Thanksgiving holiday are getting tested for the virus. Lines are so …
your ads here!OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty in Criminal Case
Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths but also …
your ads here!Scotland’s COVID-19 Infections Stabilize, Hospitalizations Fall
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told Parliament Tuesday that the number of new COVID-19 cases has stabilized and hospitalizations are down, but the COVID-19 alert levels in the country will …
your ads here!Kenya Doctors Threaten to Strike Over Lack of COVID Protections
Kenyan doctors are threatening to go on strike next month unless the government addresses their concerns about safety, health insurance, and staffing needs to fight COVID-19. The threat comes after …
your ads here!EU Near Deal with Moderna on Coronavirus Vaccine
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen announced Tuesday the European Union has reached a deal with U.S. biotech company Moderna for 160 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate.Last …
your ads here!Here’s How the Three COVID-19 Vaccines Compare
With pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca’s announcement Monday that its vaccine successfully prevented coronavirus infection, three candidates appear to be promising vital tools to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. Biotech firm Moderna and drug …
your ads here!GM Flips to California’s Side in Pollution Fight With Trump
General Motors says it will no longer support the Trump administration in legal efforts to end California’s right to set its own clean-air standards. CEO Mary Barra said in a letter …
your ads here!Seven Sudanese Doctors Die from COVID-19 in 10 Days
Sudanese health authorities said Sunday that seven medical doctors died from COVID-19 in 10 days, a development that reflects Sudan’s sharp rise in cases in recent weeks. Nearly 100 deaths …
your ads here!Pandemic Takes Toll on Kenya’s Medical Workers
Healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients say the work is taking a toll on their mental state, forcing some into depression and therapy. Mohammed Yusuf reports from Nairobi. Camera: Mohammed Yusuf Producer: Rod …
your ads here!AstraZeneca Announces ‘Highly Effective’ COVID-19 Vaccine
AstraZeneca said early Monday that clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine in Britain and Brazil have shown it is “highly effective in preventing COVID-19″ without “hospitalizations or severe cases of the disease” in any of the trial’s volunteers. The England-based pharmaceutical …
your ads here!Co-Founder of Viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Dies at 37
YONKERS, NEW YORK — A co-founder of the social media ALS ice bucket challenge, which has raised more than $200 million worldwide for Lou Gehrig’s disease research, died Sunday at …
your ads here!COVID Nurse: ‘Many of us Have PTSD’
Almost 1,400 frontline healthcare workers in the U.S. have apparently died of COVID-19, according to a joint investigation by British newspaper, The Guardian, and Kaiser Health News. One-third of the …
your ads here!Ancient Madrid Market Reopens Amid Debate Over Virus Rules
Madrid’s ancient and emblematic Rastro flea market reopened Sunday after a contentious eight-month closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has walloped the Spanish capital. With many major European flea markets …
your ads here!FDA Approves Antibody Therapy as US Passes 12 Million Cases
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday authorized the emergency use of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that President Donald Trump said helped cure him of the disease caused by …
your ads here!COVID-19 Deaths of Serbian Clerics Highlight Virus Worries
As coronavirus cases surge globally, the COVID-19 deaths of two senior Serbian Orthodox Church clerics — one who died weeks after presiding over the funeral of the other — are …
your ads here!Europe Coronavirus Cases Exceed 15 Million
More than 15 million people in Europe have been infected with coronavirus, making it the worst-hit region in the world. Authorities hope new lockdowns will get the situation under control. …
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