According to Arvind Subramanian, a former chief economic adviser for the Indian government and researchers at the Center for Global Development and Harvard University, the there are an estimated 3 to 4.7 million additional deaths to those officially recorded. Hundreds of death shrouds appeared when rains washed away the top layer of sands along the Ganges in …

The US has extended its public health emergency as the Delta variant causes a new COVID surge. While much of the country is returning to pre-COVID life, a Delta-driven surge has returned Arkansas to the kind of fear and suffering not seen since this time last year. Canada’s vaccination rate has overtaken the United States’s …

After the February coup, Myanmar’s health care system has virtually collapsed, leaving its citizens to fend for themselves as COVID ravages them. The World Health Organization has warned that there is a strong possibility that new, more dangerous COVID variants will emerge in the future. This does not bode well for the unvaccinated––a hospital in …

Greenland’s government has halted oil exploration of the island’s coast, saying the move was a “natural step” because it “takes the climate crisis seriously.” According to a recent study, extreme heat and cold is killing 5 million people a year, and the number is rising as temperatures get more extreme. The United States has just …

The United States has just experienced the hottest June in the 127 years since record keeping began. Even though it’s early, the West has been experiencing a tremendously hot summer. More than a billion animals living on the British Colombia seashore may have died during the last heatwave. Animals like mussels, clams, sea stars, and …

LA County, the most populous in the country, is seeing “exponential growth” of COVID cases, according to county health officials. Almost 100% of cases are from unvaccinated people, who are more at risk to the highly-transferrable Delta variant. Johnson & Johnson has reported that its vaccine is effective against the Delta variant. That variant in …

There have been three confirmed cases of avascular necrosis or death of bone tissues in India, and experts fear that more cases are on the way. This follows, (as of two weeks ago) an estimated 31,000 cases of the rare but deadly condition called “black fungus” (mucormycosis) in India. Almost exactly a month ago, more …

Canadians on the west side of the country had to ditch the usual light sweaters for bathing suits as temperatures soared this week to nearly 116º, shattering heat records for the region. So far, at least 230 people have died from the heat and a thousand people had to be evacuated from a town as …

The “delta variant,” a more infectious variant of COVID-19, is infecting a rising number of people in rural Kansas and Missouri. The spread of the variant likely stems from the regions low vaccination rates. The “delta variant” has also been found in Arizona. Its arrival is alarming because, so far, only a handful of states …

Hundreds of death shrouds appeared when rains washed away the top layer of sands along the Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Unaccounted for dead spread across the sands. Meanwhile in Bihar, the death toll for April and May was revised from about 5,500 to about 9,400. In some cases, villagers fished hundreds …

China has sent a massive force of 28 aircraft into Taiwanese airspace, including nuclear-capable bombers, the largest and most threatening show of force yet. The Chinese government, angered by recent developments between the U.S. and Taiwan, has warned the U.S. State Department to “stop all forms” of official outreach to Taiwan. This might actually signal …

The “delta variant” of COVID-19––a more transmissible variant that emerged in India––has been found in Arizona. Its arrival is alarming because, so far, only a handful of states have reached the goal of a 70% vaccination rate. Anheuser-Busch is even giving away free beer when America reaches its vaccine goal. The fewer people who are …