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Vetenarians from the Mulhouse Zoological Park in eastern France, examin and prepare a young sedated polar bear called Nanuq, before being transfered to the CERZA zoo, near Lisieu in Normandy and later onto a zoo in the La Flèche in the Loire Valley region on April 9, 2020. – Nanuq, who weighs just over 200 kilograms and was born at the end of 2016 at the Mulhouse zoo, left her birthplace on April 9, 2020, to join the CERZA zoo, which volunteered to welcome her while her new enclosure is made ready in La Flèche, where work has been delayed due to the lockdown across France because of th COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images)

The type and frequency of animals coming down with COVID is trying to tell us something about the future of the pandemic. Scientists are on the case

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 21: People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. At least 267 New Yorkers have tested positive for monkeypox, a virus similar to smallpox, but with milder symptoms. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

U.S. declares monkeypox a public health emergency, considers ‘dose sparing’ to stretch out limited vaccine supply

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 09: A woman helps to wearing a mask to a girl, on July 09, 2022 in New York. New York City public health officials urged people to return to mask-wearing to help slow the spread seeing high levels of COVID-19 variants infection. (Photo by John Smith/VIEWpress)

Blood clots, heart problems, kidney failure: COVID creates a higher risk for rare pediatric health problems, new CDC study finds

Portrait of former Google engineer Blake Lemoine wearing a hoodie.

Google’s AI chatbot—sentient and similar to ‘a kid that happened to know physics’—is also racist and biased, fired engineer contends

A July 14 photo shows U.S. President Joe Biden wiping his nose after signing the guest book while visiting Israel’s President Isaac Herzog at Beit HaNassi, the presidential residence, in Jerusalem.

Biden, still rebounding, remains COVID positive Sunday, extends isolation

ADANA, TURKEY – AUGUST 23: Baby green sea turtles are seen after being rescued after hatching at a nest at Acyatan Beach on August 23, 2018 in Adana, Turkey. All seven marine turtle species around the world are classified as endangered or vulnerable, however due to recent conservation efforts, sea turtle numbers have stabilized and in some cases increased. Turkey is one of the most important nesting sites in the Mediterranean Sea for two of the seven species, the Caretta Caretta (Loggerhead Turtle) and the Green Sea Turtle. Tourism, habitat reduction, fishing and climate change are the main threats to the sea turtle populations in Turkey, however much has been done across the twenty-two beaches that are sea turtle nesting sites to insure the protection of females and nest sites. The WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) in Turkey, runs a three-month operation every hatching season, from June to September. The operation involves a team of up to ten staff and volunteers, who primarily focus on nest protection activities as well as scientific and statistical data gathering on the turtle population. On the 22Km long Acyatan beach the team monitors more than 360 nests primarily of the endangered green turtle and a small number of loggerhead nests. Every morning team member comb the beach checking nests for new overnight hatchings and rescue any babies that were unable to make it to sea and are found at the nest as well as taking critical data such as the amount of eggs, nest sizes, temperatures and samples which are then sent for further analysis at various universities. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

An injured tiny turtle defecated plastic for 6 days after being rescued by an Australian zoo: ‘They’re just consuming it as their first initial food’

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden participates virtually in a meeting with his economic team in the South Court Auditorium of the White House campus July 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. On Thursday morning, the White House Press Office announced that U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Despite Paxlovid, Biden positive yet again in a case of COVID rebound, White House doctor says

Bill Gates

Bill Gates was among a ‘wide range’ of CEOs and labor bosses who lobbied to change Manchin’s mind on the Inflation Reduction Act: report

A woman walks past a mural of medical workers wearing face masks painted in the center of Merida by Mexican artists Mare – Noookye.<br />
On Sunday, January 23, 2022, in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Think you have Omicron but keep testing negative? An expert says to trust your gut: ‘If you feel confident you have COVID, you probably have COVID’

HAI’AN, CHINA – APRIL 27: Workers manufacture sewage treatment equipment at Jiangsu Wushui Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. on April 27, 2022 in Hai’an, Jiangsu Province of China. These sewage treatment equipment will be used in makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 patients. (Photo by Zhai Huiyong/VCG via Getty Images)

COVID is at or near record levels around the country. Scientists say one (pretty gross) indicator doesn’t lie

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 21: People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. At least 267 New Yorkers have tested positive for monkeypox, a virus similar to smallpox, but with milder symptoms. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

As the White House insists the race against monkeypox isn’t lost yet, some experts despair: ‘I think we’re already gone’

Vladimir Putin

The Yale historian who predicted Trump’s fascist turn foresees Putin’s failure in Ukraine: ‘You pretend to win a war and we pretend to show enthusiasm’

Elon Musk

Musk’s alleged affair with Google co-founder’s wife lead to divorce, end of friendship: report

Al Gore

Climate deniers are like the Uvalde police ‘waiting outside an unlocked door while the children were being massacred,’ Al Gore says

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference on December 20, 2021 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. – The World Health Organization chief called for the world to pull together and make the difficult decisions needed to end the Covid-19 pandemic within the next year. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Monkeypox outbreak a global public health emergency, World Health Organization director-general declares