Science and Health

Hong Kong welcomes new giant pandas gifted by Beijing

Swiss police detain several people in connection with ‘suicide capsule’

Ancient coastal city in Egypt feels impact of changing climate

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution

Jill Biden reveals $500 million plan that focuses on women’s health at Clinton Global Initiative

Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians, 1 American from ISS returns to Earth

Cholera spreading in Sudan as fighting between rival generals shows no sign of abating

UN adopts pact promising to build ‘brighter future’ for humanity

Dolphins dying in Amazon lake made shallow by drought

This US city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?

Climate protesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough

Parts of US Midwest could offer fall’s most vibrant foliage

Congo struggles to contain mpox; here’s why

UN report: Debt crisis undermines AIDS eradication in Africa

Mpox spreads at alarming rate among children in Burundi

Submersible’s scientific director says vessel malfunctioned days before fatal dive

New analysis of 2019 Wuhan market animals may help find COVID-19 origin

Debate churns over mining Pacific seabed for green-energy minerals

Baby hippo Moo Deng becomes internet sensation

Africa needs its own medical research for its health issues, experts say

Climate week talks to include critical minerals and seabed mining debate

Faraway black hole unleashes record-setting energetic jets

South African study transforms global TB treatment

Gates Foundation: Funding needed to save children from climate-induced hunger

Partial lunar eclipse will be visible during September’s supermoon

Zimbabwe starts providing free treatment for women with obstetric fistula

Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39 million by 2050

Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition, says Gates

COP29 leaders unveil climate funding and energy storage goals

Authorities install air quality Monitors around Nairobi

Tech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk

Traveling ‘health train’ has become essential source of free care in South Africa

WHO flags limited mpox testing in epicenter DRC

Brazil’s Lula pledges to finish paving road experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation

WHO clears Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine for mpox, sets up access plan

Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

Botswana, US firm partner to conduct border pathogen monitoring

Soyuz craft heads to space station with 2 Russians, 1 American

Francine reaches hurricane strength, heads for US Gulf Coast

First doses of mpox vaccine from US arrive in DR Congo

Bomb blast hits Pakistan polio team amid national immunization drive

China plans to allow wholly foreign-owned hospitals in some areas

India isolates ‘suspected mpox case’

Pakistan hasn’t learned lessons from 2022 deadly floods, experts say

Drought forces Kenya’s Maasai, other cattle herders to consider fish, camels

New polio strain threatens setback to eradication in Nigeria

Some Zimbabweans worry about nation’s continued reliance on coal

Earth hits hottest summer on record, EU climate monitor says

Tribes celebrate removal of dam, revival of community along Klamath River

NASA astronauts stuck in space with nowhere to go … for now

Female genital mutilation continues to endanger girls, women in Somalia

First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo on Thursday

WHO: Deaths from cholera jump 71% worldwide

Empty capsule to return to Earth soon; 2 astronauts will stay behind

Australian researchers plan new generation of biodegradable plastic

Experts blame Africa’s mpox outbreaks on neglect, world’s inability to stop epidemics

Egyptian team specializes in moving elephants

Health authorities begin large-scale polio vaccinations in war-ravaged Gaza

Bird species extinct in Europe returns, and humans must help it migrate