Science and Health

Nigeria Targets 26M People in Yellow Fever Campaign

NASA Probe to Make History New Year’s Day

Anti-Government Protests in DR Congo’s North Kivu Province Hamper Response to Ebola Epidemic

DRC Protests Hamper Ebola Epidemic Response

2018: A Year of Climate Catastrophes and Controversies

Conservationists Continue Fight Against Poachers, Climate Change

WHO: DRC Ebola Progress Will Be Lost if Violence Persists

Study: Migrants to Affluent Nations May Be Healthier Than Natives

Zuckerberg Sees ‘Progress’ for Facebook After Tumultuous Year

NASA Spaceship Closes in on Distant World

Race Plays Huge Role in Cleft Lip/Palate Deformities

Aid Group: 10 Worst Climate-Linked Disasters of 2018 Caused $85B in Damage

US Legal Marijuana Industry Had Banner Year in 2018

Japan to Leave International Whaling Commission; Resume Commercial Whaling

Male Campaigner Seeks to End FGM in Kenya’s Maasai Community

Study: Work in Space Does Not Seem to Shorten Astronauts’ Lives

Israel to Allow Medical Marijuana Exports

Russian Law Enforcement Investigate ISS Capsule Hole

In South Africa, HIV’s Patients Survive Disease But Are Weary of Its Toll

Most Babies Born With Cleft Condition Could Die Without Surgery

Tons of Dead Fish Wash Up in Rio de Janeiro Lagoon

Alba the Albino Orangutan Returned to Jungle in Indonesia

NASA Satellite Will Measure the World’s Forests

Experts Call for Inclusion of Pregnant Women in Vaccine Research

Report: Distributors, DEA Failed to Slow US Opioid Crisis

Vehicles, Guns Are Leading Causes of Death for US Youth

Storms Halt SpaceX’s First US National Security Mission

US Adults Aren’t Getting Taller, But Still Putting on Pounds

Normal Life Possible with Cleft Lip or Palate

Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate: No Reason Not to Live a Normal Life

FDA Panel Backs Prescribing Overdose Reversal Drug With Opioids

European Officials Agree on Ban of Some Single-use Plastics

Nine In 10 Babies Born With A Cleft Condition Could Die Without Corrective Surgery

NASA’s 1st Flight to Moon, Apollo 8, Marks 50th Anniversary

World-Famous T.Rex Sue Gets New Lair in Chicago

SpaceX Halts US Satellite Launch for National Security Mission

As US Life Expectancy Falls, West Virginia Offers Lessons

Vietnam Natural Gas Plans Clash with Climate Fears

Wondrous Extinct Flying Reptiles Boasted Rudimentary Feathers

Scientists Spot Solar System’s Farthest Known Object

EU Agrees to Deal to Cut Greenhouse Emissions from Cars

Israeli Spacecraft Gets Special Passenger Before Moon Journey

British Schoolgirls at Risk of FGM During Christmas Break

Climate Change Fuels Innovation in Kenya

Study Finds Chronic Fatigue Clues in Overactive Immune Response

Michigan Sand Dunes Attract Tourists, Swallow Properties

Project Recycles Human Urine as Fertilizer

Johnson & Johnson’s Stock Falls After Report on Asbestos in Baby Powder

‘Young Miracle:’ Baby Recovers from Ebola in Congo Outbreak

Urgency of Climate Talks Seen in Coal Plants, Garbage Dumps

Urgency of Climate Talks Seen in Coal Plants, Ice

New Midwives, Some Male, Want to Reduce Maternal Mortality in South Sudan

Geminid Meteor Shower, Comet to Put on Shows

Maldives Asks: What’s the Point of UN Climate Talks?

UN Climate Talks Produce Draft Text in Final Push

Virgin Galactic Rocket Plane Soars to Edge of Space

The Tiny Roach is a Big Business in China

In Africa, Sickle Cell Patients Endure Pain, Discrimination

Pakistan Hosts Regional Meeting on Countering Afghan Opiates

UN Chief Returns as Climate Talks Teeter Closer to Collapse