NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance is set for liftoff from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday on a mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth’s planetary neighbor.The …
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COVID Vaccines Enter Final Tests
Two coronavirus vaccines entered the final phase of testing this week. There are now five shots in the pipeline. Scientists expect to know by the end of the year if …
your ads here!VOA-TEK: COVID-19 – How Did We Get Here?
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has the world in its grip. Not since the Spanish flue outbreak of 1918 has a disease spread across the world so far and …
your ads here!Scientists Discover Ancient Microbial Life 5 Kilometers Below Sea Level
Living microbes, possibly millions of years old, have been discovered more than five kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface, in an area believed to have been devoid of life.In a …
your ads here!Loss of Smell, Taste During COVID Infection Only Temporary, Scientists Say
One of the most frustrating symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus is the loss of the sense of smell and scientists now say they think they understand why it happens. The experts writing in the journal Science Advances said the coronavirus infiltrates the cells that …
your ads here!Scientists: Smelling, Tasting Loss From COVID-19 Is Temporary
One of the most frustrating symptoms of COVID-19 coronavirus is the loss of the sense of smell and scientists now say they think they understand why it happens. The experts writing in the journal Science Advances said the coronavirus infiltrates the cells that …
your ads here!COVID-19 Shuts Out Baseball’s Miami Marlins
Major League Baseball (MLB) has suspended all Miami Marlins games for the rest of the week after at least 15 players and coaches reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus.The team …
your ads here!Trump Administration Promises Huge Loan for Kodak to Develop Drug Ingredients
The U.S. government says it will use the Defense Production Act to help transform a legacy photographic film maker into a producer of pharmaceutical ingredients, including those for hydroxychloroquine, the …
your ads here!Scientists Get Closer to Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease
New study results are boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple, reliable way to help family doctors diagnose the most common form of dementia. Researchers say an experimental …
your ads here!Can You Get the Coronavirus Twice?
Is it possible to get the coronavirus more than once? Scientists don’t know for sure yet, but they believe it’s unlikely. Health experts think people who had COVID-19 will have …
your ads here!WHO Says COVID-19 Threatens Gains on Hepatitis
The World Health Organization warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening gains made in eliminating Hepatitis B and C, which cause liver damage and liver cancer. In observance of World …
your ads here!Cameroon Dispatches Healthcare Workers to Find, Treat Hepatitis Patients
Healthcare workers in Cameroon are marking World Hepatitis Day (July 28), to raise awareness of the virus, which causes inflammation of the liver and kills about 300 people per day in …
your ads here!Potential US COVID-19 Vaccines Enter Final Phase of Human Testing
Widescale testing began Monday in the United States on two potential COVID-19 vaccines to determine their safety and effectiveness. A volunteer in Savannah, Georgia early Monday morning received the first dose of an experimental …
your ads here!Two Possible COVID-19 Vaccines Enter Final Phase of Human Testing
Widescale testing began Monday in the United States on two potential COVID-19 vaccines to determine their safety and effectiveness. A volunteer in Savannah, Georgia early Monday morning received the first dose of an experimental …
your ads here!Hawaii Dodges Hurricane Douglas
Much of Hawaii was spared when Hurricane Douglas passed just north of Oahu, Maui and the island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island, early Monday. The Category 1 storm was …
your ads here!Trump Wears Mask, Voices Hope for Coronavirus Vaccine
For the second time, U.S. President Donald Trump has been photographed wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump wore the face covering as he toured a North Carolina laboratory where key components are being manufactured for a COVID-19 vaccine …
your ads here!Indonesia Steps Up in COVID-19 Vaccine Race
Indonesia is set to move into the front ranks of countries pursuing a vaccine against the coronavirus next week with the launch of phase 3 clinical trials in Bandung, West …
your ads here!Study: Climate, Population Density Key to Mosquitoes Biting People
A new study suggests dry climates and dense human populations are key factors in how mosquitoes have evolved to bite people.Noting that only a handful of the 3,500 species of …
your ads here!Kenyans Urged to Treat Pandemic Stress
Kenya’s Ministry of Health says the number of mental health cases have jumped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the country’s mental health taskforce, 25% of coronavirus outpatients and …
your ads here!Public Health Measures Can Suppress COVID-19, WHO Says
The World Health Organization warns COVID-19 is continuing to accelerate globally at breathtaking speed but says basic public health measures – if followed — can control its spread and turn …
your ads here!Flood Risk for 1 Million in Phnom Penh as Wetlands Destroyed
More than one million people in Phnom Penh face the risk of increased flooding and loss of livelihoods as wetlands in the Cambodian capital are destroyed to build apartments and …
your ads here!Siberian Heat Wave and Melting Arctic Sea Ice Indicate Climate Change, Scientists Say
Scientists warn record Siberian temperatures and the rapid melting of the Arctic sea ice along the Russian coast indicate that climate change is occurring and may be irreversible. Siberia, famous for …
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