Holiday Gatherings, New Variant Have Driven Up COVID Cases Globally

Holiday Gatherings, New Variant Have Driven Up COVID Cases Globally

Geneva —  The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries — mostly … Read more

Ancient Human DNA Hints At Why Multiple Sclerosis Affects So Many Northern Europeans Now 

Ancient Human DNA Hints At Why Multiple Sclerosis Affects So Many Northern Europeans Now 

Washington —  Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. The findings come from a huge project to compare modern DNA with that culled from ancient humans’ teeth and … Read more

Taliban Minister Boasts Afghan Anti-Polio Gains While Addressing Global Health Huddle  

Taliban Minister Boasts Afghan Anti-Polio Gains While Addressing Global Health Huddle  

Islamabad —  A senior representative of Afghanistan’s Taliban government told a Pakistan-hosted international health conference Wednesday that his country had recorded an increase in mosquito-borne malaria and dengue fever cases, but infections caused by highly contagious poliovirus declined significantly. Only 12 children around the world were paralyzed by wild poliovirus in 2023, all of them … Read more

Free Surgeries Help Rwandan Women Overcome Pain, Stigma of Obstetric Fistula

Free Surgeries Help Rwandan Women Overcome Pain, Stigma of Obstetric Fistula

Free Surgeries Help Rwandan Women Overcome Pain, Stigma of Obstetric Fistula Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are … Read more

AI-Powered Misinformation Is World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Davos Report Says 

AI-Powered Misinformation Is World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Davos Report Says 

London —  False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report Wednesday. In its latest Global Risks Report, the organization also said an array of environmental risks pose the biggest … Read more

US Delays Planned Return of Astronauts to Moon Until 2026

US Delays Planned Return of Astronauts to Moon Until 2026

washington —  The United States is pushing back its planned return of astronauts to the surface of the Moon from 2025 to 2026, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday. Artemis, named after the sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, was officially announced in 2017 as part of the US space agency’s plans to establish a … Read more

Fuel Leak Forces US Company to Abandon Moon Landing Attempt

Fuel Leak Forces US Company to Abandon Moon Landing Attempt

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —  A crippling fuel leak forced a U.S. company on Tuesday to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon. Astrobotic Technology’s lander began losing fuel soon after Monday’s launch. The spacecraft also encountered problems keeping its solar panel pointed towards the sun and generating solar power. “Given the propellant leak, … Read more

2023 Hottest Recorded Year as Earth Nears Key Limit

2023 Hottest Recorded Year as Earth Nears Key Limit

PARIS —  The year 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth’s surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, EU climate monitors said Tuesday. Climate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the planet and pushed the global thermometer 1.48 C above the preindustrial benchmark, the Copernicus Climate … Read more

Taiwan Unleashes Robots on Dengue-Carrying Mosquitoes

Taiwan Unleashes Robots on Dengue-Carrying Mosquitoes

Researchers in Taiwan are using a special robot to hunt mosquitoes that carry the virus that causes dengue fever. From the southern city of Kaohsiung, Shelley Schlender has our story. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the … Read more

Climate Change Ruining Farms on El Salvador’s Coast

Climate Change Ruining Farms on El Salvador’s Coast

The impact of climate change is increasingly evident along El Salvador’s coastlines where saltwater is slowly claiming what once was farmland. Veronica Villafañe narrates this report from Claudia Zaldaña Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary … Read more