The path to sharper vision has gone from glasses to contact lenses to laser correction… and now, to eye drops. Faith Lapidus has details of the latest development. …
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Michigan Water Activist, 6 Others Win Environmental Prize
A woman who played a key role in exposing the lead-tainted water disaster in Flint, Michigan, is among seven people from around the world to be awarded a Goldman Environmental …
your ads here!New NASA Boss Gets ‘Hearty Congratulations’ From Space
NASA’s new boss is already getting cheers from space. Immediately after being sworn into office Monday by Vice President Mike Pence, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine took a call from …
your ads here!US Soldier Gets World’s First Penis and Scrotum Transplant
A young military veteran who had his genitals blown off in a blast in Afghanistan has received the world’s most extensive penis transplant. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, …
your ads here!Scientists: California Risks Severe ‘Whiplash’ From Drought to Flood
California will suffer more volatile weather this century with a “whiplash” from drought to rain and mounting risks a repeat of the devastating “Great Flood” of 1862, scientists said on …
your ads here!Scientist Calls for ‘Antimalarials for Mosquitoes’ to Fight Killer Disease
A British scientist is proposing a new approach to fighting the spread of malaria, a treatable mosquito-borne disease that kills hundreds of thousands each year, the vast majority of them …
your ads here!Earth Day 2018 Focuses on Plastics Pollution
Each year on April 22, many people stop to think about the health of the world environment, as as if it were a New Year’s Day for nature, many make resolutions …
your ads here!WHO Urges Everyone: Make Vaccines Priority
The Pan American Health Organization aims to get 70 million people in the Americas and the Caribbean vaccinated this week as part of the U.N.-designated World Immunization Week. Dr. Flavia …
your ads here!Earth Day Call to Arms: Skip the Straw
The United Kingdom is proposing a ban on disposable plastic straws. With Earth Day coming up this Sunday, advocates are asking everyone to follow suit and skip the straw. Straws …
your ads here!Fears Grow at Malaria’s Resurgence; London Summit Urges Global Action
After 16 years of steady decline, malaria cases are on the rise again globally, and experts warn that unless efforts to tackle the disease are stepped up, the gains could …
your ads here!Rocket With Planet-Hunting Telescope Lifts Off
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Wednesday carrying SpaceX’s first high-priority science mission for NASA, a planet-hunting space telescope whose launch had been delayed for two days by a rocket-guidance glitch. The Transit …
your ads here!Britain to Ban Sale of Plastic Straws in Bid to Fight Waste
Britain plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and other single-use products and is pressing Commonwealth allies to also take action to tackle marine waste, the office of Britain’s …
your ads here!Summit Urges Global Response to Malaria Resurgence
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has invested billions of dollars into tackling malaria. It has paid off. Deaths from the disease fell by more than 60 percent between 2000 and 2015, …
your ads here!Malawi Can Eradicate HIV Infections, Says US Doctor Who Discovered AIDS Virus
Malawi, which has one of the highest rates of the deadly HIV/AIDS infections, is on course to eradicate the virus, Jay Levy who co-discovered the AIDS virus 35 years ago …
your ads here!US Drug Agency Wants Tighter Rules on Making Opioids
The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed tightening rules governing the amount of prescription opioid painkillers that drugmakers can manufacture in a given year, in hopes of reining in the deadly …
your ads here!Bat Key to Tequila Trade Taken Off US Endangered Species List
Wildlife managers in the American Southwest say a once-rare bat important to the pollination of plants used to produce tequila has made a comeback and is being removed from the …
your ads here!Man With 3 Faces: Frenchman Gets 2nd Face Transplant
In a medical first, a French surgeon says he has performed a second face transplant on the same patient — who is now doing well and even spent a recent …
your ads here!Study: Diamond From the Sky May Have Come From ‘Lost Planet’
Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth about a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar system, according to a study published …
your ads here!Parental Diet Before Conception Affects Child’s Health
A child’s health can be compromised not only by a mother who smokes or drinks during pregnancy, but by the obesity and poor diet of both parents well before the …
your ads here!Rocket-control Glitch Delays Launch of NASA’s Planet-hunting Satellite
An 11th-hour technical glitch prompted SpaceX to postpone its planned launch on Monday of a new NASA space telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system, delaying for at …
your ads here!Global Warming Mixing Up Nature’s Dinner Time, Study Says
Global warming is screwing up nature’s intricately timed dinner hour, often making hungry critters and those on the menu show up at much different times, a new study shows. Timing …
your ads here!Immune Therapy Scores Big Win Against Lung Cancer in Study
For the first time, a treatment that boosts the immune system greatly improved survival in people newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer. It’s the biggest win …
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