Science and Health

Sweden Approaches ‘Smoke-Free’ Status as Daily Use of Cigarettes Dwindles

Private Astronaut Crew, Including First Arab Woman in Orbit, Returns from Space Station

Argentinian Meteorologist Celeste Saulo to Lead UN Weather Agency

South Africa Searching for Source of Deadly Cholera Outbreak

Namibia Signs $10 Billion Green Energy Deal With Germany’s Hyphen

US Regulator Approves Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine for Adults 60 and Older

In Canada, Each Cigar and Cigarette to Bear Cancer Warning

Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ and in Danger Zone in Nearly all Ecological Ways, Study Says

Operation to Empty Decaying Oil Tanker Set to Begin in Yemen, UN Says

Cholera Catastrophe Looming at Kenya Refugee Camp, Aid Group Warns

China’s Shenzhou-16 Mission Takes Off Bound for Space Station

IAEA Team in Japan for Final Review Before Planned Discharge of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water

UAE Unveils Groundbreaking Mission to Asteroid Belt

China Says Will Land Astronauts on Moon Before 2030, Expand Space Station

Zimbabwe Vaccination Targets Cholera Outbreak

Mpox Is Down, But US Cities Could Be at Risk for Summertime Outbreaks

UK Health Minister Says Will Not Negotiate on Pay With Nurses’ Union

New International Push Underway to End Plastic Pollution

Poachers Pluck South Africa’s ‘Succulent’ Plants for Chinese Market

Stephen Hawking’s Last Collaborator on Physicist’s Final Theory

France Confirms Bird Flu Vaccination After Favorable Tests

Farmer-Turned-Policeman Serves as Mexico’s Eyes, Ears at Popocatepetl Volcano

US Revokes License of Drug Distributor Over Opioid Crisis Failures

Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Company Says It Has Approval to Begin Human Trials

Investment in Solar Will Eclipse Oil in 2023, IEA Finds

US Supreme Court Limits Federal Government’s Ability to Police Pollution Into Wetlands

Mozambican Teachers Reuse Garbage to Create Educational Tools

Philippines Health Officials Try to Build Trust in Routine Vaccines

Small Aerospace Company Joins Moon Mission

Class of 2023 Graduates Overcome Obstacles of Coronavirus Pandemic

Do Americans Hate Their Lawns Enough to Get Rid of Them?

Philippines Tries to Build Trust in Routine Vaccines

Dutch Government to Hold 3M Liable for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Harm

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Solve the Nation’s Fentanyl Crisis?

Increasing Health Emergencies Leave WHO ‘Overstretched’

Brazil Declares Health Emergency Amid Avian Flu Cases in Wild Birds

Group of Western US States Reach Deal to Stave Off Crisis on Drought-Stricken Colorado River

Aid Groups in Cameroon Urge Women With Obstetric Fistula to Seek Medical Treatment

Cholera Outbreak Claims Ten More Lives in South Africa

Mexico Keeps Close Eye on Volcano That Threatens 22 Million

WHO Launches Global Network to Detect Infectious Disease Threat

NASA Awards Second Moon Lander Contract to Blue Origin

More Than Half of World’s Large Lakes Are Drying Up, Study Finds

Mexico Post-Op Infections Prompt US Health Alert

Drug Overdoses in the US Up, But Experts See Hopeful Signs

More American Families Struggle With Alzheimer’s Disease

UN Lays Out Blueprint to Reduce Plastic Waste 80% by 2040

Prominent Foe of Female Genital Mutilation Wins Prestigious Templeton Prize

CTE Cases in Soccer Players Raise Questions About Safety of Heading the Ball

Climate Change Makes Cyclones More Intense and Destructive, Scientists Say

Pacific Islanders Urge World to Put Aside Differences in Combating Climate Change

Blasting Gender Stereotypes in South Africa

Chile’s Firefighting Goats Protect a Forest From Deadly Blazes

Plump Chicago Snapping Turtle Captured on Video, Goes Viral

Platypus Returns to Australian National Park for First Time Since 1970s

G7 Plans New Vaccine Effort for Developing Nations

Malawi Rolls Out Nationwide Typhoid Vaccination Campaign

WHO Declares Mpox No Longer Global Health Emergency

Insects, Butterflies Find Home in Museum’s New Wing 

US Transplant Surgeon Heads to Ukraine to Save Lives