Indonesians are desperately search for oxygen amid a COVID surge, a reminder that the pandemic is far from over. Russia set a new record for COVID deaths––the fifth in as many days––as the Delta variant spreads. In a move with terrifying echoes of March 2020, Hong Kong has banned all flights from the United Kingdom …

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 others died en masse along the shore, leading to a horrible smell and a ravaged ecosystem. Canadians on the west side of the country had to ditch the usual light …

According to Anthony Fauci, a touch over 99% of COVID deaths involve people who have not been vaccinated. Dr. William Schaffner, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has called unvaccinated people are “variant factories,” increasing the likelihood that new variants, like the highly-infectious Delta variant, will emerge. Johnson …

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 Arctic Circle is setting record temperatures, already seeing heat up to 118º even though it’s still early summer. The heat was felt a bit farther south, too. 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 …

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. Earlier this month, NASA and NOAA said the Earth is now trapping …

According to a MIT Technology Review report, YouTube removed videos post by human rights groups featuring Uighurs telling of the horrors in Xinjiang. Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs and the Uyghur Human Rights Project has released a report detailing the vast extent to which the Islamic world has collaborated with China’s campaign against the …

More than 2/3 of COVID cases in Lisbon, Portugal are from the Delta variant, which is beginning to spread around the country. The World Health Organization has encouraged fully vaccinated people to keep practicing COVID precautions as the Delta variant spreads rapidly. In Springfield, MO, there has been a 225% increase in hospitalizations since June …

In Springfield, MO, there has been a 225% increase in hospitalizations since June 1, in large part thanks to the new Delta variant. 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 …

According to the WHO, the Delta variant is the fastest-spreading COVID variant, and it will “pick off” the most vulnerable people––especially those who have not been vaccinated. The delta variant is already infecting a rising number of people in rural Kansas and Missouri. The spread of the variant likely stems from the regions low vaccination …

As federal investigators continue to close in on those who stormed the Capitol during the January 6 riot/insurrection, those who were in Washington to support Trump but who did not necessarily “storm the Capitol” are having their lives turned inside out. Case in point: California’s Kristine Hostetter, a 4th grade teacher. Once so popular that …

Vaccine hesitancy in India––especially among rural Indians, who believe the virus is only in cities––is paving the way for another potential surge, worrying health officials both domestic and international. Reminders of the damage done by past surges are all too plentiful. Hundreds of death shrouds appeared when rains washed away the top layer of sands …