South Africa has moved into the dubious position of having the fifth highest known Covid-19 cases…
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Europe Proves Contact-Tracing Apps Aren’t A Coronavirus Cure-All
When the StopCovid contact-tracing app was unveiled in France at the beginning of June, its rollout…
Crowd Catches Children Falling 33 Feet From Burning Apartment Block
Two brothers miraculously survived after they fell some 33 feet to escape a burning building. The…
Study says actual number of COVID-19 cases is far greater than thought
The number of people who have had COVID-19 is much greater than the official case count,…
Israel: Anger over Netanyahu’s virus response, corruption charges
Dozens of Israeli demonstrators have been arrested after chaining themselves together and briefly blocking the entrance…
China’s independent Mars mission Tianwen-1 takes off from Hainan
China has launched an unmanned probe to Mars in its first independent mission to visit another…
Madagascar hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ by Coronavirus
Hospitals in Madagascar have warned they are overwhelmed after a spike in coronavirus cases in a…
Scientists Identify Itty Bitty, ‘Exceedingly Cute’ Larval Form Of Ocean Sunfish
A team of scientists has identified an elusive larval form of the ocean sunfish, an aquatic…
The UK And US Were Ranked Top For Pandemic Preparedness. What Went Wrong?
In October 2019, an extensive report two years in the making placed the US and the…
Why Poor Countries Could Be Priced Out Of Oxford University’s Covid-19 Vaccine
A pharma giant could price poorer countries out of a British coronavirus vaccine in the future…