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Presentations generally showed the vaccine was still effective in protecting immunized people against severe illness, hospitalization and death in the U.S.

The new telescope, the largest and most powerful ever put into space, will travel to a lonely spot 1 million miles from Earth, where it will be able to peer out into the farthest reaches of the universe.

Many buyers of HUD homes don’t learn that their houses are in an official flood zone until after they’ve made an offer. That is too late in the process for many families.

The number of such deaths last year was more than double the figure in 2013.

The rate of new cases of COVID-19 among babies and children younger than 4 years old in the U.S. recently surpassed the rate of new cases among adults older than 65

With the world currently on track to exceed 3 degrees Fahrenheit of warming by 2100, the medical journal editors are urging wealthier nations to lead by cutting emissions beyond what is currently promised.

When Kyle Dixon’s sisters tell people their brother died of COVID-19, they’re often asked whether he had preexisting conditions or if he was overweight — as if he were to blame for his own death.

As the Earth heats up, rapidly intensifying major hurricanes like Ida are more likely to occur, scientists say.

Experts agree that the most important thing is to choose a mask that a child will actually wear properly all day long.

Flash flooding — when water rises very quickly and flows with enormous speed and power — is getting more common in many places as Earth heats up.