Botswana is investigating a growing number of unexplained deaths of elephants, having confirmed 275 had died, up from 154 two weeks ago, the government said Thursday. The dead elephants were first …
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‘Death Cafes’ Help Ease Grief, Loss in Time of Coronavirus
Panic attacks, trouble breathing, relapses that have sent her to bed for 14 hours at a time: At 35, Marissa Oliver has been forced to deal with the specter of …
your ads here!Hollowed Out US Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century.Marshaled against a virus that has sickened at …
your ads here!NASA Astronauts Take Space Walk to Upgrade ISS Batteries
NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken were once again outside the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday on the second of two scheduled space walks to upgrade the station’s batteries.The …
your ads here!While COVID-19 Rages, Don’t Forget About Pandemic Flu
Don’t panic, but there is another virus out there that could cause a pandemic. This one is an influenza strain circulating in pigs and their caretakers in China. It is …
your ads here!New Study Suggests Weightlifting Changes Brain as Well as Muscles
A new study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests weightlifting affects a person’s brain weeks before there is a noticeable change in muscles. The study, conducted by researchers …
your ads here!Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccine May Protect Some People from COVID-19
Something data crunchers have noticed during the coronavirus pandemic: countries with recent outbreaks of measles have fewer deaths and serious illnesses from the coronavirus. Is this a coincidence? Or is …
your ads here!Chinese Scientists Discover New H1N1 Virus Strain That Could Infect Humans
Scientists in China have identified a new strain of a flu virus in pigs that has the potential to infect humans and lead to a new pandemic. In a …
your ads here!New Swine Flu Found in China Has Pandemic Potential
Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the U.S. science journal PNAS. Named G4, it is …
your ads here!US Procures Almost Entire Supply of COVID-19 Drug
The Trump administration says it has locked down nearly the entire supply of one of the only available anti-COVID-19 drugs from the manufacturer for the next several months. That raises questions …
your ads here!Images of Brutality Against Black People Spur Racial Trauma
Wanda Johnson’s son was shot and killed by a police officer in Oakland, California, 11 years ago, she has watched video after video of similar encounters between Black people and …
your ads here!US Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed abortion-rights advocates a victory, striking down a restrictive abortion law in Louisiana that would have left the southern state with only one abortion …
your ads here!Summer May Decide Fate of Leading Shots in Vaccine Race
—People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if …
your ads here!TB, Measles, Polio Vaccines Might Fight COVID-19
As the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, scientists are testing whether shots already in use for other diseases might provide some protection from the worst impacts of the disease …
your ads here!Astronaut Loses Mirror During Space Walk
A spacewalking astronaut on Friday added a small mirror to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the Earth, as he lost the small object from his space suit, while …
your ads here!UN Weather Agency Recognizes 2 World Record Lightning Strikes
The U.N.’s weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), says it has verified two “megaflashes” of lightning in South America that set records for longest distance and longest duration.The WMO …
your ads here!Despite Pandemic, Trump Administration Urges End to ACA
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act.The administration’s latest high court filing came the same …
your ads here!20 Years On, Human Genome Project Helps Drive COVID-19 Research
Until this March, machines at the Broad Institute in Massachusetts were decoding the equivalent of an entire human genome every 10 minutes.The automated DNA sequencing facility is among the world’s …
your ads here!US Lab Renowned for Nuclear Research Using High Tech to Fight COVID-19
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory is known historically as an important nuclear research center. But as VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, a critical present-day mission at the suburban …
your ads here!Congo Announces End to Its Second Deadliest Ebola Outbreak
Eastern Congo marked an official end Thursday to the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which killed 2,280 people over nearly two years, as armed rebels and community mistrust undermined …
your ads here!Sahara Dust Cloud Looms Over Cuba, Caribbean and Florida
A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings to people with respiratory illnesses to stay home.The …
your ads here!Toughest Workout During COVID? Staying Motivated
Hannah Gjerde starts her day at her hot-mat yoga class on the front lawn of her parent’s home, right before settling onto the couch for the rest of the day. “Being home …
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