The Southern Nevada Water Authority on Thursday voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding in other Western states whose rivers …
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Cholera Kills 8 in Cyclone-Hit Mozambique, Sickens Hundreds
Mozambique’s health minister said Friday a cholera outbreak in the area hit by Cyclone Freddy killed eight people this week and hospitalized 250 – part of 600 sickened since the …
your ads here!Water Experts Look to Change Attitudes, Policies
Lack of access to clean drinking water is being exacerbated by climate change. In fact, less than 1% of the world’s water is fresh and accessible, according to Melissa Ho, …
your ads here!US Military Moves to Cut Suicides, But Defers Action on Guns
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a number of improvements in access to mental health care on Thursday to reduce suicides in the military but held off on endorsing more …
your ads here!Scientists Create Mice With Cells From 2 Males for First Time
For the first time, scientists have created baby mice from two males. This raises the distant possibility of using the same technique for people — although experts caution that very …
your ads here!Future NASA Moonwalkers to Sport Sleeker Spacesuits
Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. Exactly what that looks like remained under …
your ads here!UN Labor Agency: Key COVID-19 Workers Undervalued, Underpaid, Abused
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses, truck drivers, grocery clerks and other essential workers were hailed as heroes. “Now we are vilifying them … and this has …
your ads here!Ghanaian Teacher Innovates to Fight ‘Period Poverty’
Every month, young girls in Ghana are forced to miss school days due to menstruation. But a schoolteacher is working to find a solution by providing reusable sanitary pads. Hamza …
your ads here!NASA Webb Telescope Captures Star on Cusp of Death
The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death. NASA released the picture Tuesday at the South by Southwest conference …
your ads here!Warming Oceans Exacerbate Security Threat of Illegal Fishing, Report Warns
Illegal fishing, a multibillion-dollar industry closely linked to organized crime, is set to pose a greater threat to global security as climate change warms the world’s oceans, according to a …
your ads here!Exodus of Health Care Workers From Poor Countries Worsening, WHO Says
Poorer countries are increasingly losing health care workers to wealthier ones as the latter seek to shore up their own staff losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes through active recruitment, …
your ads here!Chinese SARS Whistleblower Jiang Yanyong Dies at 91
Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness, has died, a …
your ads here!Pfizer Looks Past COVID With $43 Billion Deal for Cancer Drug Innovator Seagen
Pfizer Inc PFE.N struck a $43 billion deal for Seagen Inc SGEN.O to add innovative targeted therapies to its portfolio of cancer treatments as it braces for a steep fall …
your ads here!WHO’s Tedros: Finding COVID-19 Origins Is Moral Imperative
Discovering the origins of COVID-19 is a moral imperative and all hypotheses must be explored, the head of the World Health Organization said, in the clearest indication yet that the …
your ads here!Study: Prostate Cancer Treatment Can Wait for Most Men
Researchers have found long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer is a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation. The results, released Saturday, are encouraging for men who want …
your ads here!Pandemic 3 Years Later: Has COVID-19 Won?
On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading, and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, …
your ads here!US Lifts COVID Test Requirement for Chinese Travelers
A requirement that travelers to the U.S. from China present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights expired Friday after more than two months as cases in China have …
your ads here!NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions Promise Diverse Crews
By launching an unmanned capsule into space, sending it around the moon and bringing it back to Earth in November, NASA demonstrated how it will once again transport astronauts to …
your ads here!Spain: Patient Does Not Have Marburg Disease
A man in Spain who was suspected of having the deadly Marburg disease tested negative Saturday and does not have the virus, the health ministry said. Health authorities in Valencia …
your ads here!Spain Detects First Suspected Case of Marburg Disease
Spain has identified its first suspected case of Marburg disease. The Spanish patient is a 34-year-old man who had recently traveled to the Central African nation of Equatorial Guinea. He …
your ads here!Uber Says Delhi’s Plans to Allow Only Electric Bike Taxis Will Impact Millions
Uber Technologies Inc. said on Friday plans by the local government in India’s Delhi city to only allow electric vehicles to function as bike taxis would risk “finishing off the …
your ads here!White House Braces for Ruling on Abortion Pill’s Fate
The Biden administration is preparing for a worst-case scenario if a conservative federal judge rules in favor of a lawsuit seeking to restrict access to one of the two drugs …
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