Science and Health

UK Approves First New Coal Mine in Decades, Sparking Anger

Oldest Known DNA Reveals Life in Greenland 2 Million Years Ago

Canada Soon to Allow Euthanasia for the Mentally Ill

Pandemic Treaty Plans Being Worked On at WHO

Unsubstantiated Price Hikes Upped US Drug Spending $805 Million in 2021

Kenya Concerned by Cholera, Measles Outbreaks at Congested Refugee Camp

NASA’s Orion Spaceship Slingshots Around Moon, Heads for Home

China Begins to Revive Arctic Scientific Ground Projects After Setbacks

UNICEF Seeks $10.3 Billion for Children Affected by Climate, Humanitarian Crises

Work Starts on World’s Largest Radio Telescope in Australia

China Reports 2 New COVID Deaths as Some Restrictions Eased

FDA Change Ushers In Cheaper, Easier-to-Get Hearing Aids

China’s Xi Unwilling to Accept Vaccines Despite Threat From Protests, US Says

WHO Chief: More than 8,500 COVID Deaths Last Week

China Eases Some COVID Restrictions Following Protests

Funding Gaps Hinder Family Planning in Nigeria

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii History Shows Stopping Lava Not Easy

Prince William, Like His Father, Prioritizes the Environment

Hawaii Volcano Eruption Threatens Big Island’s Main Transportation Route

China Further Relaxes COVID Rules After Protests

China Fines Former NBA Star Lin Over Quarantine Comments

China Blames Foreigners for Inciting Protests

Health Care Access Difficult for HIV Patients in Flood-Ravaged Areas of Pakistan

For China, No Easy Way Out of ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy

Cameroon Says Conflict Prevents Access to AIDS Treatment

NASA Takes $4B Warmup Lap Around Moon

Zimbabwe Scores Another First Against HIV In Africa

This HIV Prevention Drug Could Change the Game

Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Remains Near 15-Year High

African Women and Girls Most at Risk of HIV  

Malawi Launches Africa’s First Children’s Malaria Vaccine

Chinese Astronauts Reach Tiangong Space Station

US Bat Species Devastated by Fungus Now Listed as Endangered

Fentanyl’s Scourge Visible on Streets of Los Angeles

Twitter Rolls Back COVID Misinformation Policy

WHO Renames Monkeypox as Mpox, Citing Racism Concerns

Polio is Back in Indonesia, Sparking Vaccination Campaign

UN: Great Barrier Reef Should Be on Heritage ‘Danger’ List

China Eases COVID Rules After Protests, Keeps Wider Strategy

Pakistan Launches Polio Drive

China Prepares to Send New 3-Person Crew to Space Station

Bird Flu in Nebraska Prompts Slaughter of Additional 1.8M Chickens

Worried About Ebola, Uganda Extends Outbreak Epicenter’s Quarantine

COVID Protests Hit Shanghai as Anger Spreads Across China

COVID Protests in China’s Urumqi Region

China Reports Third Consecutive Daily Record for New COVID Cases

NASA’s Orion Capsule Enters Far-Flung Orbit Around Moon

London to Expand Vehicle Pollution Zone to Cover 9 Million People

Global Wildlife Summit Approves Shark Protections

Uganda Closes Schools to Fight Ebola, New Cases Fall

China Reports Another One-Day COVID Case Record, Tightens Curbs

Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes Out 50.54 Million US Birds, a Record

Wildlife Summit to Vote on Shark Protections

Eco-warrior Paul Watson, Scourge of Whalers, Returns to the Seas

Salt, Drought Decimate Buffaloes in Iraq’s Southern Marshes

Senegal’s Women Gold Miners Carry Heavy Burden

40 Million Children Face Growing Threat of Measles, WHO Warns

Explainer: Why Was Indonesia’s Shallow Quake So Deadly?

White House Urges Americans to Get COVID, Flu Shots Before Year-End

Lebanon Struggles to Contain Cholera Outbreak