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 …

A baffling 29% of Republican voters think it is very likely (17%) or somewhat likely (12%) that Trump will be reinstated as president this year. Republicans have successfully blocked a probe into the Capitol riot, signaling continued loyalty to Trump and preventing any negative association between Trump and the riots from reaching his most devout followers. Such …

A German researcher has concluded that China’s birth control policies in Xinjiang could cut births among the Uighur people by 2.6-4.5 million, going a long way towards wiping the people out entirely. Three Uighur exiles have described experience both forced abortions and torture in Xinjiang. They are set to testify at a people’s tribunal in …