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COVID-19 cases in Thailand are increasing, especially cases of the easily transmissible KP.2 sub-variant, also known as FLiRT, with a total of 1,880 infections being reported between May 5th and…

AstraZeneca is withdrawing its COVID-19 vaccine from the market because of low demand, the drugmaker said Wednesday. The shot, which was never authorized in the U.S., was widely used across the world in the early part of the global vaccine drive. AstraZeneca’s shot was cheaper to make and easier to distribute than the mRNA shots…

Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued letters to the editors of three major science journals on Tuesday, asking them to testify on the relationship between their publications and the federal government. Wenstrup sent letters to the editors-in-chief of The Lancet, Science and Nature science journals requesting…

Two former officials of a veterans’ nursing home in Massachusetts that had a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 settled their cases Tuesday to avoid prison, according to the state attorney general. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home and David Clinton, the former medical director at the home, were facing five charges of neglect…

President Biden is using the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) passage to criticize former President Trump’s record on health care and take advantage of his threats to repeal the law. In a new digital ad released Friday before the 14th anniversary of the law, the Biden campaign aimed to highlight Trump’s repeated repeal threats…

The Supreme Court appeared cautious on Monday about imposing strict limits on how government officials communicate with social media platforms regarding content moderation decisions. Questioning both sides intensely, the judges aimed to figure out when it is suitable for the government to urge the platforms to remove controversial content — if at all. Several judges, both liberal and…

Despite the memes, new data reveals a more nuanced relationship between humans and animals.

Hydroxychloroquine still hasn’t proven itself useful, but research on its dangers has now been called into question.

Find a project, get some exercise, and stick to a schedule.

Reports from commercial flight crews are an important part of weather validation.