The World Health Organization’s director-general said Monday no crisis since World War II demonstrates more clearly the need for the United Nations than the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is the illness caused …
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US Withdraws Advice on Airborne Coronavirus Transmission
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday withdrew its statement from three days ago on how COVID-19 can spread through aerosolized droplets, saying it was posted “in …
your ads here!US Coronavirus Death Toll Inches Toward 200,000 Deaths
The United States is approaching the milestone of 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, say experts monitoring the outbreak.The U.S. has more than 6.8 million infections, according to the Johns Hopkins …
your ads here!US Retail Giant Walmart Aims for Zero Global Emissions by 2040
U.S.-based retail giant Walmart has unveiled new initiatives to reduce its global carbon footprint while preserving the world’s natural land and sea habitats. The company announced Monday that it is aiming …
your ads here!CDC Adds Breathing to Ways Coronavirus Spreads
As the United States nears 200,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidelines to add breathing to the most common ways the coronavirus is …
your ads here!Health Officials Advise Flu Shot to Avoid Dealing With Flu, COVID at the Same Time
Health officials are warning the public to get a flu shot this year to avoid having to deal with COVID-19 and the flu simultaneously.Both are highly contagious and share similar …
your ads here!Health Officials Advise Flu Shot to Avoid Dealing With Flu, COVID-19 at the Same Time
Health officials are warning the public to get a flu shot this year to avoid having to deal with COVID-19 and the flu simultaneously.Both are highly contagious and share similar …
your ads here!Drug Shows Promise in 1st Largely Minority COVID-19 Study
A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the first large …
your ads here!Forecasters Turn to Greek Alphabet After Storm Names Run Out
Weather forecasters have started using the Greek alphabet to designate new storms after running out of conventional names.The U.S. National Weather Service says Tropical Storm Wilfred formed Friday in the …
your ads here!Progress Made Toward Phasing Out Planet-Warming ‘Super’ Greenhouse Gases
Rare bipartisan support for new climate legislation brings the U.S. one step closer to ditching a group of potent planet-warming chemicals.Democratic and Republican senators recently introduced an FILE – A …
your ads here!Australia Warns Pregnant Women of Bushfire Smoke
Pregnant women living in bushfire-prone areas in Australia are being urged to protect themselves and their unborn babies from smoke as the fire season returns. Doctors in the worst-affected regions …
your ads here!Survey: Almost Half of Americans Say ‘No’ To COVID Vaccine If Available Today
Nearly half of Americans, or 49%, said they definitely or probably would not get an inoculation if a coronavirus were available today, while 51% said they would, according to a …
your ads here!Wildfire Smoke a Growing Health Problem
The world’s worst air this week is not in pollution hot spots like India or China. It’s in the western United States, where record-breaking wildfires are blanketing the region with …
your ads here!Life on Venus, Counterpunching an Asteroid, and a Stargazers’ Perch
Researchers on a quest to find life in the universe got promising news this week. Space agencies are joining forces to defend the planet from an aggressive asteroid, and a …
your ads here!Christie’s to Put Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton Up for Auction
The British auction house Christie’s announced this week that it would sell the largest and most complete known skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex in early October.The auction house said the …
your ads here!US Experts say Solar Storms Likely on the Upswing
Experts from the U.S. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say the sun is in the first year of a new cycle of activity, and they are watching it …
your ads here!Flu Season Looms as COVID-19 Rages
As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t bad enough, flu season is about to begin in the Northern Hemisphere, adding millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and tens of …
your ads here!Scientists Discover Ancient Fossilized Giant Sperm
Scientists say they have found what may be the oldest specimen of fossilized sperm ever discovered, inside a tiny crustacean trapped in a piece of amber 100 million years ago.The …
your ads here!UN Chief: COVID-19 Pandemic ‘Out of Control’
The U.N. Secretary-General warned Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic is “out of control,” and he called for global solidarity in making a future vaccine affordable and available to all. “The virus …
your ads here!Scientists: Climate Change Making Western Wildfires Worse
Fires burning in California are the largest on record. In Washington state, a larger area burned in five days than have burned in any previous year on record save one. …
your ads here!Hurricane Sally Threatens Historic Floods Along US Gulf Coast
Heavy rain and pounding surf driven by Hurricane Sally hit the Florida and Alabama coasts Tuesday as forecasters expected the slow-moving storm to dump continuous deluges before and after landfall, …
your ads here!Well-Preserved Ice Age Cave Bear Remains Found on Russian Island
Scientists at a Russian university have announced the discovery of a remarkably well-preserved ice age cave bear, with much of its soft tissue including its nose, flesh and teeth intact.In …
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