Science and Health

Landmark UN Plastic Waste Pact Gets Approved But Not by US

US Hospital Tests Promising Treatment for Alzheimer’s

Promising Treatment for Alzheimer’s Tested in US Hospital

Invasive Species Causing Environmental Decline, New Report Warns

Ebola Could Spread Elsewhere if Attacks Don’t Stop, WHO Warns

Nigeria Losing $1B Annually to Medical Tourism, Authorities Say

British Royals Launch Mental Health Texting Service

Billionaire Bezos Unveils Moon Lander Mockup, Embraces Trump’s Lunar Timetable

Report: EU Nations Living Far Beyond Earth’s Means

UK Scientists Liken Anglo-Saxon Burial Site to King Tut’s Tomb

Long Hot Summers Fueling Bark Beetle Infestation

US Drug Firms Will Have to Show Prices in TV Ads

Mozambique Scrambles to Contain Cholera Outbreak

UN Chief: ‘Total Disaster’ if Warming Not Stopped

Small T-Rex Cousin Predates Rise of Giant Predators

Heart Failure Deaths Rising in US, Especially in Younger Adults

Science Says: Why Biodiversity Matters to You

UN Report: Humans Having Alarming Negative Impact on Biodiversity

Cut Emissions and Poverty, Not Trees, by Letting Locals Manage Forests, Scientists say

With $1 Million Donation, Activists Renew Green New Deal Push in US Election

Scientists Find Children May Be Their Parents’ Best Climate-Change Teachers

Car Pollution Is Driving Childhood Asthma Around the World

Africa’s Lakes and Rivers Thrive on Hippo Dung

DRC Ebola Outbreak ‘Worsening;’ Over 1,000 Dead

EU Research Vessel Testing Carbon Capture Theory

Guatemala’s Poor Bear Brunt of Climate Change, Research Says

Presidential Hopeful Inslee Wants 100% Clean Energy by 2030

Melinda Gates Speaks to VOA About Women’s Empowerment

Melinda Gates Speaks About Women’s Empowerment

Scientists Alarmed by Damage to World’s Biodiversity

St. Lucia Quarantines Cruise Ship Over Measles Case

Budget Office: Caveats to Government-Run Health System

Budget Office Offers Caveats on Government-run Health System

Beyond Rations: Food Aid Struggles to Adapt to Modern Crises

IPBES Report Will Call for Sustainable Growth

Space Station Power Shortage Delays SpaceX Supply Run

Space Rock Left Big Crater on Moon During Full Lunar Eclipse

It Seems Like Alzheimer’s But Peek Into Brain Reveals a Mimic

Ghana Launches Malaria Vaccine for Children

Do ‘Mechanical Trees’ Offer the Cure for Climate Change?

Congo Registers Record of 27 New Ebola Cases in One Day

Scientists Say They’re Closer to Possible Blood Test for Chronic Fatigue

US Reports Over 700 Measles Cases in 2019

US Measles Outbreak Raises Questions About Immunity in Adults

Nearly 700 Still in Measles Quarantine at LA Universities

Attacks on Workers Halt Pakistan’s Anti-Polio Drive

Measles Quarantine Tops 1,000 at LA Universities

Measles Quarantine Tops 900 at LA Universities

Trump Urges Americans to Get Vaccinated Amid Measles Outbreak

World Free of Malaria, HIV, Cancer Possible with Vaccines

Vaccines Could Make a World Free of Malaria, HIV, Cancer Possible

China Plastic Waste Ban Throws Global Recycling into Chaos

After Years of Losses, World’s Forests ‘in Emergency Room’

Malawi Rolls Out Africa’s First Malaria Vaccine for Children

US Measles Cases Hit Highest Level Since Eradication in 2000

South Sudan Measles Outbreak Raises Questions About Vaccines

NASA Probe Detects Likely ‘Marsquake’ – an Interplanetary First

Americans Getting More Inactive, Computers Partly to Blame

UN: Malawi is 1st Nation to Use Malaria Vaccine to Help Kids

Is Health Care Still a Basic Right as Communist Vietnam Privatizes?