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Blacks, Hispanics More Likely to Die of COVID-19 in US, Associated Press Finds

Gunmen Kill 5 Polio Vaccinators in Afghanistan

Novavax Reports Vaccine 90% Effective; Supply Questions Remain

WHO Chief: New COVID-19 Cases Decline for 7 Weeks

Cameroon Begs Civilians to Donate Blood on World Blood Donor Day

Novavax Reports its COVID Vaccine is 90 Percent Effective

US TikToker Leads Global Campaign to Clean Up Oceans

Australia Outlines Bold Moves to Ban Single-Use Plastic and Coffee Cups

Lab-Grown Mosquitos Capable of Fighting Viral Infection

Saudi Arabia Limits Hajj to 60,000 in Kingdom

Ice Shelf Breakup Causes Antarctic Glacier to Melt Faster; Sea Levels at Risk

Moscow Orders New Restrictions as COVID-19 Infections Soar

Study: COVID-19 Vaccinated Mothers Pass Antibodies to Newborns

China, US Diplomats Clash Over Human Rights, Pandemic Origin

COVID Vaccines for Children: How Soon?

British PM Urges G-7 Leaders to Donate COVID Vaccines

Kenya Strives to Eradicate Blindness-Causing Trachoma

G-7 Will Donate 1 Billion COVID Vaccines to World

2 Passengers on Royal Caribbean Cruise Test Positive for COVID

Mystery Over Claim World’s 1st ‘Decuplets’ Born in S. Africa

Biden Says US Will Donate 500 Million COVID Vaccines to World

Restrictions Lift as COVID-19 Deaths and Cases Fall in Washington

Biden Administration Won’t Require Shots for Federal Workers Returning to Offices

India Breaks World Record After Posting 6,000 COVID Deaths in a Day

WHO Official Urges Caution as Nations Reopen

Hong Kong Opens Vaccine Drive to Children Aged 12 and Older

Slow Vaccination Rate in Africa Could Have Major Consequences, Experts Warn

In Billions of Cicadas, Poets Find Their Muse

Cicadas Delay Planeload of Reporters Following Biden to Europe

UN: Like COVID-19, Inequalities Drive AIDS Epidemic

Europe’s Spring Coldest Since 2013, UN Climate Agency Says

Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit 50% Higher Than Preindustrial Age

US Highlights Commitment to Women’s Reproductive Rights

FDA Approves Much-debated Alzheimer’s Drug, with Follow-up Study

Heart Disease Seen in Some Younger COVID-19 Patients

Greece Deploys Drones to Stop Partygoers from Breaching COVID Safety Protocols

Nuclear Power Cautiously Embraced for Biden’s Green Goals

Turkey Vows to Defeat ‘Sea Snot’ Outbreak in Marmara Sea

UN: Contaminated Food Sickens 600 Million, Kills 420,000 Every Year

US Senators in Taiwan Announce Vaccine Donation

US Donates 750,000 COVID Shots to Taiwan

Scientists Should Probe Lab Leak Origin of COVID-19, Analysts Say

Johnson to Call on G-7 to ‘Vaccinate World by 2022’

Biden Turns to Obama to Help Boost Health Care Enrollment

China Port City Imposes COVID-19 Restrictions

Chinese Scientists Developing Inhalable COVID Vaccine

UN Launches Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

FDA Approves Obesity Drug That Helped People Cut Weight 15%

Poor Countries Need 250 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses by September

Latest NASA Supply Ship to Space Includes Newly-Hatched Squid

US Government Finds No Evidence Aerial Sightings Were Alien Spacecraft – NYT

WHO: Threat of Third COVID Wave in Africa ‘Real and Rising’

Japan Donates More Than 1 Million AstraZeneca Jabs to Taiwan

US Announces COVID Vaccine Donation to COVAX

US Traffic Deaths Soar to 38,680 in 2020; Highest Yearly Total Since 2007

China Aims to Vaccinate 80% of 1.4 Billion Population by Year’s End

‘Lucky strike’ Pierces ISS, and NASA Reveals Plans for Venus

US Announces Plan to Share 80 Million Excess Vaccine Doses

ASMR Videos Are New Way to Fight Stress

WHO Secures $2.4 Billion for Global COVID-19 Vaccine Sharing