Science and Health

New Zealand Reports First COVID Death Since May

COVID Vaccines Approaching Finish Line Use New Technology

UNICEF to Lead Global Initiative to Buy, Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines

Rocket Test Boosts NASA Plans for Moon Trip

NASA Tests Engine for Next Moon Shot

US States Told to Prepare to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine by Nov. 1

Reports: CDC Tells States to be Ready for COVID-19 Vaccines by Nov. 1

Mexican Court to Hear Youths’ Climate Change Case Against Government

WHO Revises COVID-19 Guidelines After Study Shows Steroids Save Lives

Researchers Discover First Intermediate-size Black Hole

How Louisiana Medical Team Protected COVID-19 Patients as Hurricane Laura Roared In

COVID-19 Crisis Won’t Necessarily End With Vaccine, WHO Says

How a Louisiana Medical Team Protected COVID-19 Patients as Hurricane Laura Ravaged Lake Charles

US Declines to Take Part in Global Effort to Develop Global COVID-19 Vaccine    

Strongest Typhoon of 2020 to Hit South Korea, with Another Close Behind

Under Police Gaze, Climate Protesters Return to Britain’s Streets

Several COVID-19 Vaccines Enter Final Testing Stage

Botswana Hopes Mysterious Elephant Deaths Are Over; Zimbabwe Records Its First

Uganda Refugee Camp Locked Down After Coronavirus Surge

Vietnam Wildlife Trafficking Arrests Rise, After COVID-19 Link to Animals

Court Filing Shows 11-3 Big Ten Vote to Postpone Football Season

Canada Signs 2 More Deals for Coronavirus Vaccines

Court Filing Shows Big Ten Presidents Voted 11-3 to Postpone Football Season

Canada Signs Deals with Novavax, Johnson & Johnson for Coronavirus Vaccines

Scientists See Downsides to Top COVID-19 Vaccines from Russia, China

WMO: Laura by Far the Strongest Hurricane of 2020 Atlantic Season

New Evidence May Show Where Earth’s Water Came From

CDC Relaxes COVID Testing Guidelines, Alarming Some Health Providers

In Major Milestone, Africa Now Polio-Free

In Major Milestone, Africa Now Polio-Free

Kenya Sees Spike in Sexual Abuse Cases During Pandemic   

WHO Issues Mask-Wearing Guidelines for Children

As Africa Celebrates Polio-Free Status, Nigeria Says Battle Not Over 

As Africa Celebrates Polio-Free Status, Nigeria Says Battle Not Over

COVAX Program is Evaluating 9 Potential Coronavirus Vaccines, WHO Says

Burkina Faso is Facing a Hunger Catastrophe

Online Campaign Saves ‘Space Camp’

Ebola Spreading Rapidly in DR Congo’s Equateur Province

WHO Head Hopes Pandemic Will End Within Two Years

US Universities Roll Out COVID Spit Tests

In a First, 2 Hurricanes Could Hit Gulf of Mexico Next Week

Peru to Host Clinical Trials for Coronavirus Vaccine

Florida Keys to Release Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Illness

Earth Gets Glancing Blow From Solar Flare

WHO Begins Discussions on Russia Vaccine

Med Students Lose Empathy After Second Year, Study Finds

Fires Ravage Brazil’s Pantanal, World’s Largest Wetland

Mauritius Arrests Captain of Japanese Ship Responsible for Oil Spill

Scorching Temperatures in Death Valley May Be Third Hottest on Earth

World Temperature Record Set in California’s Death Valley

WHO Chief Warns of ‘Vaccine Nationalism’

US Company to Begin Second Phase of Human Trials in South Africa for COVID-19 Vaccine

NASA Scientists Monitor Changes in ‘Dent’ in Earth’s Magnetic Field

Mauritius Copes With Split Japanese Ship That Spilled Oil

Politics Slows Flow of US Virus Funds to Local Public Health

Sons Use E-books to Help Virus-Stricken Dad, Other Patients

Recovered COVID Patients May Have 6-12 Months Immunity, US Expert Says

US Expert: Recovered COVID Patients Could Be Immune for a Year

Canada Says US Border to Remain Closed to Nonessential Travel

Canada Says US Border to Remain Closed to Non-Essential Travel