Science and Health

India airport roof collapse kills 1, injures 6

Nigerian ginger farmers struggle after outbreak of disease

CDC recommends updated COVID shots for everyone older than 6 months

Canada’s 2023 fires spewed more heat-trapping gas than millions of cars

Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

US health agency issues dengue virus infection advisory

2 pandas en route from China to US under conservation partnership

Hilton tells Congress youth care programs need more oversight

Report: Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho

Nigeria declares cholera crisis, launches emergency measures

WHO: 3 million die each year from drugs, alcohol

Experts: Northern Gaza spared famine, but ‘sustained risk’ remains

2 years after Roe overturned, abortion decision reverberates

Senegal tightens anti-COVID controls after Mecca deaths

Over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, officials say

Conservation efforts bring Iberian lynx back from brink of extinction

In South Africa, traditional healers join fight against HIV

Ivory Coast sets up mobile enrollment for problematic health coverage program

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain, overworks your heart, shuts down your organs

US charity sends medical help to Ukraine’s frontline towns

Half a million Ukrainians in frontline city of Mykolaiv suffer through 3rd year without clean water

Gas company finds 3,300-year-old ship off Israel’s coast

Climate change intensifies US, Mexico heat wave, study finds

African leaders, French president seek vaccines for Africa

Indian toxic alcohol brew kills at least 34

Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says

Abortion looms in US presidential election 2 years after key ruling

Nearly a third still get no early warning of disaster, poll finds

Russian involvement in China’s moon exploration divides space research camps

EU countries approve landmark nature law after delays

US surgeon general says social media apps need warning labels

NASA space mission to launch artificial star into space

Study: Men all over world tend to eat more meat than women

Respiratory diseases plague Kenya as more people burn wood to save money

Brazilian women protest bill that equates late abortions with homicide

Midwives: State law could jeopardize Native Hawaiian birth traditions

Worst of rainfall that triggered Florida floods is over

Report: Highly potent opioids now show up in drug users in Africa

Disease, extreme weather push up orange juice prices

Contraception, in-vitro fertilization become key campaign issue

US Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict access to abortion pill mifepristone

Astronaut health and a VIP tour of Boeing’s Starliner capsule

South African authorities warn of mpox after 2 deaths

Kenyan group uses old ATMs to dispense free sanitary pads to students

Despite war, surrogacy in Ukraine keeps flourishing

Australian-led study issues food security warning over plant breeding skills shortage

Thousands of children in Gaza at risk of dying from lack of food, medical care

Australia locks down farms as avian influenza spreads

Alzheimer’s drug that slows disease gets backing from FDA advisers

African elephants call each other unique names, new study shows

US reconstructive surgeons step up to help Ukrainian counterparts

Growing community of breast milk donors in Uganda gives mothers hope

Service dogs help ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

UN: More aquatic animals farmed than fished in 2022

Climate crisis creates a health crisis, WHO reports

In many US cities, Black and Latino neighborhoods have less access to pharmacies

Big, colorful Joro spiders advancing north in US

Man died with bird flu; US officials remain focused on another form of it

World Oceans Day draws attention to health of oceans

WHO: First confirmed human bird flu case did not die from it