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GUINEA: Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed the first death due to Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious disease that causes hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organisation has said. Marburg case…

US: A modified drug prescribed to treat tapeworms may be effective against COVID, according to a study conducted in lab. The team at the Scripps Research Institute in the US said it was known for 10 to 15 years that the class of…

GREECE: Migrating storks crossing through Greece on their way to Africa have fallen victim to the wildfires raging across the country for the past week, becoming disoriented by the flames and getting lost, injured or killed, wildlife…

AUSTRALIA: The spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus from Sydney into regional areas of New South Wales state has forced another Australian city into lockdown. Dubbo, a city of about 50,000 people some 240 miles from…

US: COVID infections are rising in the US, even requiring hospitalisation, amid soaring infections from the Delta variant of COVID-19 and lagging vaccination rates, media reports said. The American Academy of Pediatrics, in its…

When searching for signs of life on other planets, scientists say caves are a crucial place to look. But how can a team on Earth effectively explore intricate, dark, unfamiliar landscapes on another world? NASA and Boston Dynamics…

France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. The measure is part…

Most people who got a booster shot of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine had similar or fewer side effects than they did after the second dose, according to a preliminary study conducted by Israel’s largest health maintenance…

Recent reports show that children are accounting for 15 per cent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the delta variant causes an uptick in cases around the country. According to new data collected by the American Academy of…

Australia’s most populous state has expanded its Covid-19 lockdown to include a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay, as the city of Sydney recorded its highest daily case count since the beginning of the pandemic.…