Millions of kids have missed routine vaccines thanks to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of children around the world to miss out on important childhood vaccinations, increasing the risk of dangerous outbreaks...
‘Tear down inequalities’ to end COVID pandemic: UNAIDS
A new report issued on Wednesday by the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS shows that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus face the double jeopardy of HIV...
Would dogs return the favor if you gave them treats? It’s complicated
Dogs may not be inclined to return favors to people, at least when it involves food. The result, published July 14 in PLOS ONE,...
Surging COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads, a collapsed health system, and “deep mistrust” of the military junta, are a “perfect storm” of...
Climate change may rob male dragonfly wings of their dark spots
Many dragonflies zip through the air with their translucent wings painted in an array of dark spots and bands. But — for males at...
Mixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate
Maxwell Ochoo’s first attempt at farming was a dismal failure. In Ochieng Odiere, a village near the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, “getting a...
Froghoppers are the super-suckers of the animal world
To tap an unlikely source of nutrition, insects small enough to sit on a pencil eraser have to suck harder than any known creature....
Around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programmes to help students catch up on their learning, in the wake of school...
Equitably “redirecting, repurposing or eliminating incentives” that harm biodiversity by at least $500 billion per year is just one of the 21 ambitious targets...
The worsening security situation across Afghanistan in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal and Taliban advances, has forced an estimated 270,000 from their homes...
Sudan: The harrowing reality of giving birth in a war zone 
How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil 
A light-based scan could detect deadly bowel disease in preterm babies 
Colombia quake: In Cali’s ruins, an ‘overwhelming sense of humanity’