Science and Health

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

UNICEF: 1 in 4 young children lives in severe food poverty

UN development agency installing solar energy at Zimbabwean clinics, hospitals

AU, ILRI collaborate to make informal food markets in Africa safer

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft detects leaks on journey to ISS

SpaceX’s mega rocket completes its fourth test flight from Texas without exploding

War traumatizes, haunts both Israeli and Palestinian children

Novo Nordisk braces for generic challenge to Ozempic, Wegovy in China

WHO: First fatal human case of H5N2 bird flu identified

NASA unveils catalog of 126 exoplanets

UN chief warns target to limit global warming is slipping away

Study finds Earth warming at record rate, no evidence of climate change accelerating

Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment

Rare fossil of adolescent Tyrannosaurus – ‘Teen Rex’ – found by US kids

Chinese lunar probe returning to Earth

Climate change, El Niño to blame for deadly floods in Brazil

Trillions of cicadas descend on parts of US

In Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train

Extreme heat: Climate change’s silent killer

What are leaking underground storage tanks and how are they being cleaned up?

Boeing’s first astronaut flight called off at the last minute in latest setback

UN credits better preparation for fewer disaster deaths

WHO extends talks to reach pandemic accord

Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels

Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement, vaccination campaign