Millions of Asia Refugees Missing Out on COVID-19 Vaccines, UN Says
GENEVA – The U.N. refugee agency warns a severe shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in Asia-Pacific is putting the lives of refugees and asylum seekers at risk as this deadly disease continues to spread like wildfire throughout the region. These countries ha…
Hundreds of Lakes in US, Europe Losing Oxygen, Study Finds
Oxygen levels have dropped in hundreds of lakes in the United States and Europe over the last four decades, a new study found. And the authors said declining oxygen could lead to increased fish kills, algal blooms and methane emissions. Researchers exa…
COVID-19 Variants to be Named After Greek Letters Instead of Locations
South African variant? B.1.351? How about GH/501Y.V2? Just call it beta. The World Health Organization is assigning Greek letters to important variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The scientific names are hard to say and hard to remembe…