The allegations were made this month by the United States’ ambassador to South Africa, who said he was sure that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto the Russian-flagged cargo ship when it docked at the Simon’s Town naval base near Cape Town
Despite the progress, scientists still don’t know what causes it, why it only strikes some people, how to treat it -– or even how to best diagnose it. Better defining the condition is key for research to get those answers
Upon measuring the happiness of crew members, it has been found that spirits have fallen in the first quarter of 2023
The National Institute of Migration has closed its emergency office in Tapachula and stopped issuing transit permits as the U.S. warns illegal entry will be met with deportation
Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming surge in tuberculosis, which is now killing more people worldwide than Covid-19 or AIDS
The classification of a health threat as a global emergency is meant to warn political authorities that there is an “extraordinary” event that could constitute a health threat to other countries and requires a coordinated response to contain it
Walensky, 54, has been the agency’s director for a little over two years. She expressed “mixed feelings” about the decision and didn’t say exactly why she was stepping down, but said the nation is at a moment of transition as emergency declarations come to an end
The announcement on Friday marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least seven million people worldwide
Deaths caused by Covid-19 trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug overdoses, motor vehicle fatalities and shootings
The work observed a slight increase in bleeding in menopausal women, but the authors say it does not establish causality
Screenwriters have called a strike starting on May 2 if no agreement is reached with the studios over pay disputes arising from the dominance of streaming platforms
Unexpected demand spikes, manufacturing problems and tight ingredient supplies have contributed in recent months to shortages that stress patients, parents and doctors
Third grade has always been pivotal in a child’s academic life, but pandemic-fueled school interruptions have made it much harder
Sales in pharmaceuticals, the company’s largest business, grew 4% in the quarter. The bulk of that came from immunology and cancer treatments
The Food and Drug Administration is allowing an extra dose of the omicron-targeted vaccine for anyone 65 and older if it’s been four months since their last shot
The 90 million taxpayers who have filed as of March 31 got refunds that were an average of nearly 10% less than last year. That’s in part due to pandemic relief programs expiring
Some state and local governments may continue to distribute free home tests through clinics, libraries and community centers
The industry groups that saw the greatest jumps in people working from home were information, finance and professional and administrative services. The smallest gains were in agriculture and mining; entertainment and food services; and armed forces
More than three years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic there is no definitive answer as to the source of the outbreak, although the FBI points to a lab leak in Wuhan
An analysis of more than 100 societies confirms that disease, disasters and even wars tend to be seen as the doing of supernatural forces
Current and former students of the University of Delaware claim the school breached contractual obligations and unjustly enriched itself by halting in-person classes and shutting down the campus in 2020
The House of Commons standards committee questioned the former U.K. prime minister over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a slew of parties that breached lockdown rules
Britain’s former leader will be grilled by lawmakers on Wednesday over whether he lied when he denied that staffers held parties in his Downing Street offices in violation of Covid-19 lockdown rules
The legislation directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify intelligence related to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology
‘American Masters: Dr. Tony Fauci’ offers a portrait of an unlikely lightning rod: a government infectious disease scientist who advised seven presidents
European countries are negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to avoid accumulating unused doses
The new data could mean that the pandemic originated from animals, not one of the labs near the market