2020-12-28 The Human Cost of Ethiopia’s Fighting in Tigray Grows
People who fled fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray area continue to tell stories of suffering as they gather in refugee camps. At a simple medical center in Sudan, a doctor who…
2020-12-28 Some US States Seek Medical Students to Give COVID-19 Vaccines
Healthcare workers across the United States are busy fighting COVID-19 in overcrowded hospitals. At the same time, there is a great need for medical workers to give millions of newly…
2020-12-27 Holiday-COVID Policies Lead to Hard Choices at French Nursing Homes
Jean-Francois has not left his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister since COVID-19 appeared. In fact, the 74-year-old thinks it has been two months since…
2020-12-27 How Regeneron Made a COVID Antibody Drug
It takes several weeks after infection or vaccination for the most effective antibodies to form in the human body. Drugs like the one that scientists at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals developed are…
2020-12-27 Families Marry Off Daughters to Ease Financial Problems from Pandemic
The man first saw Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house in a small village in Sierra Leone. Soon after, he asked the fifth-grade girl to…
2020-12-26 Study: Social Media Easily Manipulated
New research shows that social media companies differ in their ability to stop social media manipulation. The NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence carried out the study. Two American senators…
2020-12-25 Dogs Ease Loneliness for Older Americans Separated by Coronavirus
Over the last nine months, Eileen Nagle has kept in touch with her family through video calls and drive-by visits. But the 79-year-old misses human contact and warm hugs since…
2020-12-26 Thai Rescue Worker Saves Baby Elephant Hit by Vehicle
Mana Srivate has performed many attempts to save lives in his 26 years as a rescue worker in Thailand. But he had never tried to do so for an elephant.…
2020-12-24 Hospital Decorates to Cheer COVID Patients and Caregivers
A Christmas tree stands near the intensive care room of a COVID-19 patient. He lies unconscious, connected to a machine that breathes for him. A few feet away, a plastic…
2020-12-25 Report: Poor Countries May Not Get Vaccine Until 2024
One organization leading the effort to get COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries says in a report that the plan faces a “very high” risk of failure. Reuters news agency examined…
2020-12-24 South Korea’s President Moon Criticized for COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been facing growing public pressure about his plans to get vaccines for COVID-19. The country is struggling to contain a third wave of the…
2020-12-24 Rights Groups Concerned Over Safety of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia
Reports of attacks on Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray area are causing concern among human rights groups. About 96,000 Eritrean refugees lived in four camps in Tigray before the conflict…
2020-12-23 Study: Americans Feeling Less Festive this Holiday Season
Maureen Brennan will spend Christmas with her daughter at their home in Nashua, New Hampshire, after refusing invitations from relatives to celebrate with them. Michael Smith will observe the holidays…
2020-12-23 German Restaurant Forced to Close Opens to Homeless
A German restaurant forced to close because of the coronavirus crisis is now helping needy people in Berlin. Hofbraeu Berlin is the capital’s largest restaurant and beer place. But it…
2020-12-23 Beirut Looks to Christmas After a Year Marked by Trouble
A charity is bringing Christmas spirit to Beirut, a city that has faced several crises recently. The Solidarity Christmas Village, near Beirut’s damaged port, has bright lights and colorful trees.…