After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria blitzed the nation, most Americans think weather disasters are getting more severe and see global warming’s fingerprints. A new poll from the Associated …
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WHO Urges Action to Stop Animal TB, Its Spread to Humans
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging action to stop the spread of tuberculosis from animals to humans. The health agency warns zoonotic TB, as it is called, infects about …
your ads here!Paris Hopes to Ban Gas-powered Cars in City by 2030
In the future, the noise of car engines revving around the streets of Paris might become just a memory. In its latest initiative to reduce air pollution, Paris City …
your ads here!SpaceX Launches Communications Satellite, Lands Booster
SpaceX has launched and landed its second rocket in three days, this time from the U.S. East Coast. The unmanned Falcon — recycled following a February flight — blasted off …
your ads here!Study: West Africa at Risk of Ebola, Similar Epidemics
West Africa is most at risk of fatal hemorrhagic fever epidemics, including Ebola, researchers said Wednesday, calling for greater preparedness to save lives. A study in The Lancet medical journal …
your ads here!NASA Will Use Asteroid Flyby to Test Warning Network
NASA is using an asteroid’s close flyby to test Earth’s warning network for incoming space rocks. The small asteroid was on track to pass within 27,200 miles (43,800 kilometers) of …
your ads here!US Astronaut’s Memoir Provides Blunt Take on Year in Space
In his new autobiography, retired astronaut Scott Kelly gives an unflinchingly blunt take on his U.S. record-breaking year in space and the challenging life events that got him there. This …
your ads here!Four Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic H5N8 Avian Flu Hit Italy This Month
There have been four outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu in farms in central and northern Italy since the start of the month and about 865,000 chickens, ducks and …
your ads here!WHO Warns of Child Obesity Epidemic, With Tenfold Increase In 40 Years
A new study shows there has been a huge increase in the number of obese and overweight children around the world in just a couple of generations. In one of …
your ads here!WHO Warns of Child Obesity Epidemic
A study shows there has been a tenfold increase in the number of obese and overweight children and adolescents worldwide in just 40 years. In one of the biggest epidemiological …
your ads here!Spacewalking Astronauts Grease Robot Arm’s New Hand
Spacewalking astronauts hustled through a lube job and camera swaps outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, their second trip outside in less than a week. Astronaut Mark Vande Hei …
your ads here!UN Official Mobilizes to Enact Climate Agreement Despite US Withdrawal
Miroslav Lajcak, president of the 72nd session of the U.N. General Assembly, has an ambitious agenda of global issues he wishes to focus on in the coming year, and moving …
your ads here!Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign for Rohingya Refugees Begins
A mass oral cholera vaccination campaign for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees and host communities is taking place in Bangladesh. The campaign is led by the Ministry of Health …
your ads here!State of Washington Sues over New Trump Birth-control Rules
Washington state sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to let more employers claiming religious or moral objections opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women. State …
your ads here!EPA to Nix Clean Power Plan, Declaring End to ‘War on Coal’
Environmental groups are outraged over the Trump administration wanting to overturn an Obama-era plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt announced …
your ads here!Seeing Hope: FDA Panel Considers Gene Therapy for Blindness
A girl saw her mother’s face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a …
your ads here!Pen Detects Cancer Almost Immediately in Lab Tests
Surgery plays a major role in diagnosing cancer and finding out how far it may have spread. But soon, instead of waiting for the lab results, surgeons could learn exactly …
your ads here!In Uganda, Changing Lives One Prosthetic at a Time
In the United States, the number of amputees is expected to double by 2050. There are similar statistics for the developing world, but many of those places do not have …
your ads here!Winds, Floods and Fire: US Ties Record for Costly Weather
Howling winds, deadly floods, fire and ice so far this year have pushed the U.S. into a tie for weather disasters that topped $1 billion in damage. There have been …
your ads here!Trump Administration Rolls Back Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
The Trump administration says it will broaden the scope of an opt-out provision in the Affordable Health Care Act, allowing nonprofits and publicly traded companies to stop offering birth control …
your ads here!Agencies Move to Stop Spread of Plague in Madagascar
As an outbreak of pneumonic plague worsens in Madagascar, the World Health Organization and other international agencies are working with the Ministry of Health to stop the spread of the …
your ads here!Ocean Conference Raises Over $7 Billion for Marine Protection
A global conference organized by the European Union aimed at better protecting marine life has raised more than $7 billion. During the Our Ocean conference that concluded Friday in the …
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