Surgeries in low-income countries had higher rates of infections than those in higher-income countries, according to a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The authors said their report provided a
Read MoreMuhammad Ali knew he didn’t have much time left. His career was at stake — but more importantly, so was his freedom — as he awaited the day he would
Read MoreBabe, I’m gonna feed you, one top North Carolina eatery reassured Led Zeppelin’s famished frontman. The News & Observer reports that Robert Plant and his backing band, Sensational Space Shifters,
Read MoreTens of thousands of revelers are expected on New Orleans streets for parades and rowdy fun as Mardi Gras caps the Carnival season in a city with a celebration of
Read MoreAn unmanned Russian cargo ship has blasted off for the International Space Station, two days after the original launch was scrubbed. The Progress capsule is carrying 2.7 metric tons (3
Read MoreНа реставраційні роботи у львівському соборі святого Юра уряд виділив 20 мільйонів гривень, повідомляє прем’єр-міністр України Володимир Гройсман. За його словами, реставрація починається цього року. «Собор святого Юра у Львові
Read MoreПохорон українського філософа Мирослава Поповича відбудеться 13 лютого о 13:00 на Байковому кладовищі в Києві, повідомляє Інститут філософії імені Григорія Сковороди. Громадянська панахида запланована в конференц-залі Національної академії наук з
Read MoreCompanies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications’ use, according to a report released Monday by
Read MoreDallas Brown can still see the bullets coming for him 50 years later, smacking into the dirt at his feet as north Vietnamese soldiers fired on his platoon during an
Read MoreMelting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows. At the current rate, the world’s oceans on
Read MoreAn all-female freshwater fish species called the Amazon molly that inhabits rivers and creeks along the Texas-Mexico border is living proof that sexual reproduction may be vastly over-rated. Scientists said
Read MoreVic Damone, whose mellow baritone once earned praise from Frank Sinatra as “the best pipes in the business,” has died in Florida at the age of 89, his daughter said.
Read MoreThe Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025, and private businesses running the place instead. Under President Donald Trump’s 2019 proposed budget released Monday, U.S.
Read MoreA drag queen is headlining the parade of one of Rio de Janeiro’s most storied samba schools Monday night as Carnival celebrations across the country continue the tradition of ridiculing
Read MoreВлада Києва повідомляє, що через зростання захворюваності на грип і гострі респіраторні вірусні інфекції в столиці України на карантин закрили 119 шкіл. При цьому, як повідомила директор Департаменту охорони здоров’я
Read MoreThe frigid weather at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang is causing some schedule changes. On Monday, the below freezing temperatures caused the postponement of the women’s giant slalom less than
Read More«За попередньою інформацією консула, громадян України не було на борту літака Ан-148, що зазнав катастрофи в Підмосков’ї» – повідомив у Twitter офіційний представник Департаменту консульської служби МЗС України Василь Кирилич.
Read MoreForget the Winter Olympics, the Champion’s League or the Super Bowl. The real competition right now is who’s going to be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Everyone
Read MoreThe World Health Organization is calling for resolute action to end violence against children. WHO’s appeal comes in advance of a meeting in Stockholm, Sweden this week that will seek
Read MoreZiad Doueiri’s film ‘The Insult’ is one of this year’s Oscar nominees in the Foreign Film category. The film, largely a courtroom drama, tackles the cultural, religious and political rifts
Read MoreZiad Doueiri’s film The Insult is one of this year’s Oscar nominees in the Foreign Film category. The film, largely a courtroom drama, tackles the cultural, religious and political rifts
Read MoreFor years, doctors have been warning of a post-antibiotic age with resistant mutations leading to so-called superbugs — multidrug-resistant infections that can evade the medicines designed to kill them. Faith
Read MoreA teenager has won the first U.S. medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and it’s gold. Seventeen-year-old Red Gerard, from Silverthorne, Colorado, in his debut Olympics, won the men’s slopestyle snowboarding
Read MoreOxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP said Saturday that it has cut its sales force in half and will stop promoting opioids to physicians, following widespread criticism of the ways that
Read MoreІзраїльська волонтерська група United Hatzalah планує розгорнути в одній із областей України службу, яка допомагатиме лікарям швидкої надавати екстрену допомогу, повідомила виконувач обов’язків міністра охорони здоров’я України Уляна Супрун. «Цього
Read More“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” — an old saying that often elicits groans — is just what organizers of an exhibition of 20th and 21st century photographic
Read MoreThe exhibit features 160 photographs from the New York-based Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla collection …
Read MoreA norovirus that left officials at the Pyeongchang Olympics scrambling to contain it means athletes might have more to worry about than just going for the gold. More than 100
Read MoreAstronomers say a new instrument, now being tested on one of the telescopes in Chile’s Atacama desert, will greatly enhance their ability to search for earthlike planets. VOA’s George Putic
Read MoreКомітет з призначення Шевченківської премії 9 лютого проголосував за внесення на розгляд президента України подання про присудження Шевченківської премії 2018 року. Комітет пропонує вважати лауреатом премії з літератури письменницю, поетесу
Read MoreU.S. officials say this season’s flu outbreak worsened last week and it is not clear when the epidemic will peak. In its weekly report Friday, the Centers for Disease Control
Read MoreMosquito nets intended to prevent malaria are finding an unanticipated use as fishing nets all across the tropics, according to a new study. These fine-meshed nets scoop up fish of
Read MoreWe’re soaring with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending February 10, 2018. This is a rare week. Not only
Read MoreThe 2018 Winter Olympic Games have officially begun in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with a spectacular light show and the traditional parade of athletes entering the Olympic stadium. This year, Nigeria
Read MoreIt’s not every day that a professional athlete goes back to school. World champion and Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has 19 medals to her name, but one accolade was
Read More«62% школярів зі шкіл в угорських громадах не змогли скласти зовнішнє незалежне тестування. Це серйозна перешкода для подальшої освіти та кар’єри цих дітей в Україні» …
Read MoreWhen two people see things the same way, it is often said that they are “operating on the same wavelength.” That concept recently got a scientific stamp of approval when
Read MoreMustard seeds are a great source of protein, but they taste horrible. Now a group of geneticists is working to breed a better seed without the bitter taste that is
Read MoreSalt Lake City, Utah, which hosted the Winter Olympics in 2002, is considering making a bid for the Winter Games in 2026 or 2030. Rafael Saakov from VOA’s Russian Service
Read MoreУкраїна розпочала свої змагання на XXІІІ зимових Олімпійських іграх в південнокорейському Пхйончхані – першою на олімпійську трасу вийшла представниця могулу Тетяна Петрова. За результатами першої спроби у кваліфікації українка не
Read MoreVirtual-reality-based therapy combined with standard treatment reduced paranoia and anxiety in people with psychotic disorders, scientists reported Friday. In clinical trials involving 116 patients in the Netherlands, virtual reality exercises
Read MoreMosquitoes are a year-round downside to living in subtropical Miami, but millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes flying in a suburban neighborhood are being hailed as an innovation that may kill off
Read MoreПерший український атлет уже через кілька годин, коли в Україні буде ніч 9 лютого, вийде на олімпійську трасу в Пхйончхані. Спортсменка Тетяна Петрова змагатиметься в кваліфікації в могулі. Україна вперше
Read MoreУ Києві у 57 школах повністю зупинене навчання через те, що рівень захворюваності на грип і ГРВІ в них перевищив 20%, повідомив перший заступник голови КМДА Микола Поворозник. За його
Read MoreIt will be lights out on part of the Statue of Liberty as work is done on the monument’s electrical system. The National Park Service says the lights that
Read MoreWhen she emerged from obscurity in the rock formations of South Dakota in the early 1990s, the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton was only beginning a long legal and physical
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