In the spring of 1933, three scientists at the U.K.’s Medical Research Council received a treasure trove of vials containing human mucus from sick hospital patients. It was gross, yes,…
Continue ReadingThe most updated COVID-19 booster shot is tailored specifically to the omicron subvariants of the virus that are currently circulating, making it an especially important tool to stay healthy right…
Continue ReadingForensic investigators remove bodies Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 in the Mzimba District where officials exhumed the bodies of 26 suspected Ethiopian migrants from a mass grave 255 kilometers (155 miles)…
Continue ReadingPharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Friday that the company would sell its COVID-19 vaccines for up to $130 per dose, citing the “value” of the vaccine. See source
Continue ReadingSciCheck Digest The COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials were designed to study the vaccine’s safety and efficacy in preventing symptomatic disease, not transmission. But online publications now misleadingly present the fact…
Continue ReadingSome call it fall and others call it autumn, but one thing we can all agree on is: It’s pumpkin season. From pumpkin-flavored coffee and smoothies to pumpkin-inspired cookies and…
Continue ReadingIt was, well, the hell of a day, Tuesday was, for the 20th-annual Women for Racial Justice breakfast thrown by the local YWCA. All the beautiful words and the amazing…
Continue ReadingBefore she won her Tony as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, before she starred as Mimi in Rent, Renée Elise Goldsberry was taking bit parts in films while racking up…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC Fight Night 211 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The…
Continue ReadingDon’t fear the reaper “Television does a lot of our predatory human research for us,” David Foster Wallace wrote in his 1993 essay on the impact of television and irony…
Continue ReadingIn Niger, a Tech entrepreneur is hoping that his innovation in automatic irrigation could be a game changer for rural communities struggling to manage increasingly scarce water supplies. Abdou Maman…
Continue ReadingThe last French army unit left Mali on Monday, according to a statement from the French military, nine years after Paris sent troops to the West African country to help…
Continue ReadingSpain is in the middle of an ice shortage, with the war in Ukraine thought to be partly to blame. As temperatures rise, ice supplies run low, with some shops…
Continue ReadingIn July 2022, Sri Lankan citizens stormed and occupied the republic’s presidential palace after months of demonstrations. The protesters had one main demand: for the country’s then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to…
Continue ReadingNational weather agency Meteo France said it was the worst drought since records began in 1958 and that the drought was expected to worsen until at least the middle of…
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