Science and Health

Scotland’s First Minister Considers Widespread Lockdown as COVID-19 Surges

PM: Almost 2/3 of Slovaks Joined Nationwide COVID Test

World Surpasses 1.2 Million COVID-19 Confirmed Fatalities

Death Toll Rises in Philippines in Aftermath of Powerful Super Typhoon

Iran’s Daily COVID-19 Deaths Hit Record; Health Official says True Toll Worse

Britain Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1 Million

Space Station Marking 20 Years of People Living in Orbit

How Bats and COVID Canceled Halloween

Global COVD-19 Cases Top 45 Million

Rare Meteorite Contains ‘Rich Inventory’ of Organic Compounds

Rising New Tide of COVID-19 Cases Worldwide Force Leaders to Consider New Lockdowns

‘Era of Pandemics’ to Intensify Without Transformative Change, Report Says

Mask Effectiveness Against Coronavirus Varies

La Nina Seen Continuing Into 2021, Affecting Temperature, Weather Patterns

 White House Task Force Warns of ‘Unrelenting’ Spread of COVID-19

Merkel Defends German Coronavirus Restrictions

Yemen’s Collapsing Health System Unable to Cope with Disease Upsurge

Spain, Again a COVID-19 Hotspot, Under a State of Emergency  

EU Commission to Buy Rapid COVID-19 Tests as Virus Surges in Europe

Australian City Reopens After Lengthy Coronavirus Lockdown

Iran Parliament Speaker Contracts Virus as Deaths Surge

British Study Shows Antibodies Against COVID-19 Declined Rapidly

Russia Issues National Mask Mandate After Coronavirus Cases Surge

Experimental COVID-19 Therapeutic Drug No Help to Patients with Advanced Stage of Virus

Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula 

NASA Scientists Discover Water in Sunlit Areas of Moon

WHO Director-General Warns Against Politicization of COVID-19 Pandemic

Climate Change in Africa Threatens Food Security, Health and Socio-Economic Development

California Talent Agency Represents Disabled Actors

Australia’s Second-Largest City to Begin Emerging from Strict COVID-19 Lockdown  

Breast Cancer Presents Unique Challenges in the Age of Coronavirus

Italy Further Tightens Closures as Coronavirus Infections Surge

Europe, US Watch COVID Case Totals Grow, Debate New Restrictions

US Sets New Daily Record for Coronavirus Infections

Asteroid Samples Escaping From Jammed NASA Spacecraft

Two Drugmakers Resume US Tests of COVID-19 Vaccines

German Health Minister Predicts Vaccine by Early 2021

WHO Urges World’s Leaders to Act as COVID-19 Cases Surge

Millions of Sudan Flood Victims at Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Despite Surge, Belgium Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions But Resists Lockdown

UN Chief Calls for More Coordinated Efforts Internationally to Fight the Coronavirus

Many Successes, but Difficult Challenges Ahead in Ending Polio

FDA Approves First COVID-19 Drug: Antiviral Remdesivir

Blood of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Shows Little Benefit as Treatment, Study Finds

Britain to Deliberately Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus

NATO Chief: Alliance to Build Space Center at Ramstein Airbase in Germany

German Health Institute Sounds Alarm on COVID-19

Brazilian President Cancels Health Minister’s Plan to Buy Chinese Vaccine Against Coronavirus

7 Nations Now Have More Than 1 Million COVID-19 Cases

Common Cold Could Protect Against COVID-19, Research Shows

Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to US Federal Criminal Charges

Senegal Campaigners Urge Breast Cancer Screening Despite COVID-19 Fears

NASA Spacecraft Skims Asteroid Surface to Capture Sample

Researchers: COVID-19 Affects Pregnant Women, Fetuses Differently

Racial Minorities in US Dying From COVID at Higher Rates Than Whites

US First Lady Won’t Join President at Campaign Rally

British Finance Chief Defends Government’s COVID-19 Strategy

NASA Spacecraft to Skim Asteroid Surface, Bring Home Sample

Emergency Food Needs Surge as COVID-19 Continues to Spread

Honduras Ex-President Receives Experimental Russian COVID Vaccine