Record Busting Heat Waves Spread Across Europe
The World Meteorological Organization says scorching heat waves and wildfires raging in Portugal, Spain and France are forecast to worsen and spread to other parts of Europe in coming days.
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Наукові новини. Наука – сфера діяльності людини, спрямована на отримання (вироблення і систематизацію у вигляді теорій, гіпотез, законів природи або суспільства тощо) нових знань про навколишній світ. Основою науки є збирання, оновлення, систематизація, критичний аналіз фактів, синтез нових знань або узагальнень, що описують досліджувані природні або суспільні явища та (або) дозволяють будувати причинно-наслідкові зв’язки між явищами і прогнозувати їхній перебіг
Costs Force Some Venezuelan Mothers to Give Birth Outside Hospitals
In Venezuela, a health crisis and the inability of many pregnant women to pay for medical exams and appointments is forcing a growing number of them to give birth outside
Read MoreUS Employers Offering Travel Money for Abortions
Now that the United States has a patchwork of different abortion laws, women who can afford to travel are going to states where abortion is still legal. Others rely on
Read MoreDoctor’s Lawyer Defends Steps in 10-Year-Old’s Abortion
The lawyer for an Indiana doctor at the center of a political firestorm after speaking out about a 10-year-old child abuse victim who traveled from Ohio for an abortion said
Read MoreWHO: 25 Million Kids Missed Routine Vaccinations Because of COVID
About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diphtheria, largely because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted regular health services or triggered misinformation about vaccines,
Read MoreTexas Sues to Block Federal Guidance on Abortions to Save Mother’s Life
Texas sued the federal government on Thursday over new guidance from the Biden administration directing hospitals to provide emergency abortions regardless of state bans on the procedure that came into
Read MoreWith COVID Surging, Los Angeles May Soon Require Masks
Nick Barragan is used to wearing a mask because his job in the Hollywood film industry has long required it. So he won’t be fazed if the county that’s home
Read MoreWHO: Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks on Rise in Africa
The World Health Organization is calling for action to stem the growing spread of deadly infections such as monkeypox and Ebola between animals and humans in Africa. A new WHO
Read MoreUS Regulators OK New COVID Shot Option From Novavax
The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults. Novavax makes a more traditional type of shot than
Read MoreNearly One-Fourth of World’s Population at Risk of Floods: Study
More than 1.8 billion people worldwide are at risk of severe floods, new research shows. Most reside in low- and middle-income countries in Asia, and four out of 10 live
Read MoreWhite House Stresses Vaccines, Boosters, Testing Against BA.5 Subvariant of Coronavirus
Citing the fast-spreading omicron BA.5 coronavirus subvariant that now makes up a majority of U.S. cases, the White House on Tuesday said it will ensure the availability of COVID-19 vaccines,
Read MoreJapan Bids Final Farewell to Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Grieving Japanese paid their final farewells to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday. Scores of everyday people lined up outside Tokyo’s Zojoji Temple to bring flowers and other tokens of
Read MoreChina’s Central Wuhan Reports Cholera Case
Chinese authorities on Monday confirmed that a case of cholera had occurred in the central city of Wuhan where the outbreak of COVID-19 began before spreading globally. State media acknowledged
Read MoreNASA Offers Farthest Look Into Cosmos
The U.S. space agency has released the first image from its new space telescope — a full color picture showing stars and galaxies from deeper into the cosmos than ever
Read MoreNew Coronavirus Mutant Raises Concerns in India and Beyond
The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the
Read MoreBiden to Unveil First Full-Color Images from Webb Telescope
The world will get its first view of a full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope at a White House event Monday. U.S. President Joe Biden is set to
Read MoreNASA to Showcase Webb Space Telescope’s First Full-Color Images
Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to
Read MoreYellowstone Floods Reveal Forecasting Flaws in Warming World
The Yellowstone National Park area’s weather forecast the morning of June 12 seemed fairly tame: warmer temperatures and rain showers would accelerate mountain snow melt and could produce “minor flooding.”
Read MoreUS Abortion Ruling Threatens Access to Arthritis Drug
When Melissa, a nurse in the U.S. state of Alabama, went to pick up her regular prescription medication for rheumatoid arthritis last week, she was told the drug was on
Read MoreTexas Judge Blocks Investigations Of 2 Trans Youth Families
A Texas judge issued an order Friday to continue blocking the state from investigating two families of transgender youth who have received gender affirming medical care and said she was
Read MoreCanada Plans Health Warnings on Every Cigarette
The Canadian government is set to put health warnings on each cigarette and ban certain types of plastics, parts of a new round of regulations from the Trudeau government. “Poison
Read MoreGhana Records First-Ever Suspected Cases of Marburg Virus Disease
Ghana’s health authorities say they have, for the first time, confirmed two fatal cases of the Marburg virus, a relative of the Ebola virus. In a statement on Thursday, the
Read MoreAs COVID-19 Cases Rise, New Variant Poses Major Challenge
Cases of COVID-19 are surging again globally, due in large part to the rise of virus variant Omicron BA.5, which is much more contagious than its predecessors and is able
Read MoreHuge Underground Search for Mysterious Dark Matter Begins
In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare, liquefied gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable:
Read MoreNASA Soars From Southern Hemisphere
NASA sees success on a pair of launches from the Southern Hemisphere. Plus, prospective lunar rovers run the gauntlet on Earth, and an Independence Day anniversary for the American space
Read MoreWHO: Countries Must Prepare for Future COVID-19 Waves
The World Health Organization warns new variants of COVID-19 are spreading and people must remain vigilant and employ public health measures to protect themselves from contracting and transmitting the deadly
Read MoreAfrica’s Great Green Wall: Researchers Push New Advances Despite Conflict, Funding Challenges
African and European researchers are meeting in France to give fresh impetus to Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall project, intended to fight climate change and support communities across the Sahel
Read MoreFresh COVID-19 Outbreaks Put Millions Under Lockdown in China
Tens of millions of people were under lockdown across China on Wednesday and businesses in a major tourist city were forced to close as fresh COVID-19 clusters sparked fears of
Read MoreA Scramble as Last Mississippi Abortion Clinic Shuts Its Doors
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic has been buzzing with activity in the chaotic days since the U.S. Supreme Court upended abortion rights nationwide — a case that originated in this conservative
Read MoreWHO: Monkeypox Outbreak Grows to More Than 6,000 Cases
The World Health Organization says more than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 58 countries, with over 80% of the cases in Europe. The WHO was expected to
Read MoreAfrica’s IGAD Bloc Seeks Support to Feed Millions Amid Severe Drought
Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a regional bloc that includes Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, met Tuesday in Nairobi to discuss humanitarian, political,
Read MoreNew US Study Helps Demystify Long COVID Brain Fog
A small new study published Tuesday by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health suggests that the immune response triggered by coronavirus infections damages the brain’s blood vessels and
Read MoreAlarm Over Oceans Heat Up Europe’s Summertime Politics
There is growing alarm among European and other environmentalists over what they say is governments’ failure to ensure healthy oceans, which are vital for food, jobs, biodiversity and clean air.
Read MoreUkrainian Mathematician Second Woman to Win Prestigious Mathematics Prize
Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska on Tuesday became just the second woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal, described as the Nobel Prize in mathematics. The 37-year-old Viazovska, received the medal
Read More1.7 Million Locked down in China’s Anhui province
China placed 1.7 million people under lockdown in central Anhui province, where authorities reported nearly 300 new cases Monday in the latest of a string of outbreaks testing Beijing’s no-tolerance
Read MoreClimate Change Means More Mice, Demand for Pest Control in US
At her home in Rockford, Illinois, Rita Davisson said the “one or two” mice she normally sees during the waning winter months “have turned into more like 10 or 15”
Read MoreCanada Abortion Providers Prepare to Receive US Patients
Medical centers in Canada that perform abortions are preparing to receive patients from U.S. states that ban the procedure. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning a constitutional right to abortion
Read MoreClimate Envoy: Despite Legal Setbacks, US to Achieve Goals
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden’s climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to
Read MoreUN Urges Ambitious Action to Protect Oceans
World leaders must do more to protect the oceans, a major U.N. conference concluded Friday, setting its sights on a new treaty to protect the high seas. “Greater ambition is
Read MoreResearchers Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Using Satellite Data
Scientists appear one step closer to predicting volcanic eruptions — a problem that has vexed volcanologists for decades. Research published last week in Nature Geoscience found that using satellite observations
Read MoreWHO: COVID-19 Cases Rising Nearly Everywhere Around World
The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. health
Read MoreNorth Korea Implies South Korean Balloons Caused COVID Outbreak
Weeks after acknowledging its first coronavirus infections, North Korea appears to be blaming the outbreak on balloons sent by defector-activists in South Korea. North Korean officials said Friday they traced
Read MoreUS Supreme Court Limits EPA in Curbing Power Plant Emissions
In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Read MoreFears of Cholera Outbreak Surface in Ukraine
As Russia pounds Ukrainian cities to rubble, water and sewer systems have broken down in some places. The British Defense Ministry says Mariupol is at risk of a major cholera
Read MoreScientists’ Model Uses Google Search Data to Forecast COVID Hospitalizations
Future waves of COVID-19 might be predicted using internet search data, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. In the study, researchers watched the number of COVID-related
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