Science and Health

Several US Universities to Experiment With Micro Nuclear Power

Sudan’s Tropical Disease Spike Reflects Poor Health System

COVID Treatment Shows Encouraging Results in Trial, Study Says

Could a Sprinkle of Moon Dust Keep Earth Cool?

Astronomers Astonished by Ring Around Frigid Distant World Quaoar

US Students’ ‘Big Idea’ Could Help NASA Explore Moon

Doctor Accused of Spreading Deadly Meningitis Arrested in Mexico

Blacks, Hispanics on Dialysis Get More Staph Infections Than Whites, CDC Says

South Africa Records 2 Imported Cholera Cases

UK Mega-Lab Generates Weather to Test Homes of Future

Breast Cancer Is Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths Among Women

UN Weekly Roundup: Jan. 27-Feb. 3, 2023 

Have We Been Visited by Aliens? Depends on Whom You Ask

Two-Century-Old Mystery of Waterloo’s Skeletal Remains

US May Lift Protections for Yellowstone, Glacier Grizzlies

Australia to Legalize MDMA And Magic Mushrooms for Medical Use

France Seeks Strategy as Nuclear Waste Site Risks Saturation Point

Eye Drops Recalled After US Drug-Resistant Bacteria Outbreak

Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow, Forecasts Six More Weeks of Winter

Niger Health Authorities Confirm Diphtheria Outbreak in Niamey

Canadian Province Decriminalizes Small Amount of Hard Drugs

How to Make a Mummy: Ancient Egyptian Workshop Has New Clues

Deadly California Shootings Spotlight Mental Health Issues Among Older Asian Immigrants

Needle in a Haystack Found: Australia Recovers Missing Radioactive Capsule

Bring Back Extinct Species? Ambitious Plan Draws Investors, Critics

AI: World Likely to Hit Key Warming Threshold in 10-12 Years

Global Guinea Worm Infections Continue Downward Trend

WHO: Scope, Scale of Health Emergencies Growing

Red Cross: World is Dangerously Unprepared for Next Pandemic

WHO: Over 1.6B People Infected with Neglected Tropical Diseases

Asteroid’s Sudden Flyby Shows Blind Spot in Planetary Threat Detection

New Zealand Roiled by Flash Floods, Landslides for Third Day

Children Denied Same Access to Treatment for HIV/AIDS as Adults

India’s First Nasal COVID-19 Vaccine Launched

Green Comet Zooming Our Way; Last Visited 50,000 Years Ago

US FDA Proposes Eased Restrictions on Blood Donations from Gay, Bisexual Men

CDC Says Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5 Accounts for 61.3% of US COVID Cases

US Moves to Protect Minnesota Wilderness from Planned Mine

Small Asteroid to Pass Near Earth Thursday

Asteroid on Path for Close Call With Earth

US Seeks Reengagement with China to Stop Illicit Fentanyl as Blinken Heads to Beijing

Ancient Jerusalem Hand Imprint Baffles Israel Experts

Malawi Makes Fresh Appeal for Cholera Vaccine

Space Environmentalist Uses Technology to Raise Awareness of Space Trash

WHO Appeals for Record $2.54 Billion to Address 54 Global Health Emergencies

US Proposes Switching to Annual COVID Vaccine Shots

Earth’s Inner Core May Have Started Spinning Other Way, Study Says

WHO Urges ‘Immediate Action’ After Cough Syrup Deaths

WHO: 500K People Die Prematurely from Trans Fat Annually

Canada Leads World in Organ Donations from Euthanasia

Loss of Tiny Organisms Hurts Ocean, Fishing, Scientists Say

Brazil Declares Public Health Emergency for Yanomami People

Sections of Balkan River Become Floating Garbage Dump

Study: Warming To Make California Downpours Even Wetter

WHO: No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccines Increase Risk of Strokes in Older People

South Korea Ends Indoor Mask Rule, But Seoul Residents Skeptical

Twinkle, Twinkle Fading Stars: Hiding in Our Brighter Skies

US Experts Warn of New Coronavirus Subvariant

Activist Thunberg to Meet Energy Chief at Davos

War in Ukraine Blamed for Missing Migratory Birds in Kashmir