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Nature’s foot soldiers: In praise of ubiquitous tiny ants
It is telling, the entomologist Eleanor Spicer Rice writes in her introduction to a new book of ant photography by Eduard Florin Niga, that humans...
Vaccine passports, latest bone of contention in COVID politics
Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become...
In sprint between vaccines and variants, shots will eventually win
For weeks, the mood in much of the US has been buoyant. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus have fallen steeply from their highs,...
Too soon to say if Brits can take a summer holiday abroad, UK says
Under the original plan, international travel would not resume until May 17 at the earliest. Countries on the amber list would require self-isolation....
ER doctor says he theorised Floyd most likely suffocated
Dr. Bradford Langenfeld, who was a senior resident on duty that night at Hennepin County Medical Center, said Floyd's heart had stopped by the time he...
Nepal may see spike in COVID-19 cases in June, warns health minister
Addressing a meeting of the House of Representatives, Minister for Health and Population Hridayash Tripathi said the rate of COVID-19 infection, which...
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he has cough and temperature amid...
His allies said they would stage a rolling protest outside his prison from Tuesday unless he was examined by a doctor of his choice and given what...
Sri Lanka begins inoculating Chinese expats with Sinopharm vaccine
"This was done at four different places today in Colombo, Kandy, Hambantota and Puttalam," said Chief Epidemiologist to the government Sudath...