The wilderness is full of surprise critters of all shapes and sizes — and last summer, hikers along the Washington Pacific Crest Trail discovered something they were not expecting as they communed with nature: They came into contact with a gastrointestinal illness
Almost 34,000 pigs at 12 farms in the northern Italian region of Lombardy have been culled to counter the spread of African swine fever (ASF), a spokesperson for the region said on Wednesday. Lombardy is the Italian region with the largest number
Last week, a couple of dams near Derna collapsed during a Mediterranean storm and sent destructive waves of water through the Libyan city. While government officials and aid agencies have released conflicting statistics, Libya’s Red Crescent cited that the death toll caused
The Vatican released a statement clarifying comments from Pope Francis regarding Russia on Wednesday, saying he was not praising a Russian imperialist agenda. Francis addressed a gathering of Russian Catholic youths last week and urged them to be proud of their Russian
Protests spread Monday in two government-held provinces in southern Syria amid widespread anger over increasing prices, the crash of the Syrian pound and the dwindling purchasing power of many people in the war-torn country, opposition activists said. The rare protests are still
Labels in the garments will urge buyers to contact their GP if they notice possible signs of breast or testicular cancer. And packaging will feature QR codes that can be scanned with a smartphone to access more advice on the web. The
As if you needed another reason to avoid picking your nose, the unsanitary habit could increase the risk of contracting COVID, according to a new study from Amsterdam University Medical Centers. A total of 219 health care workers in the Netherlands completed
Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec missed the places where the fires are most active, officials said Wednesday. Smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains
Like it or not, mosquitoes have arrived for the summer — and beyond their annoying, itchy bites, they also bring the risk of disease, most notably the West Nile virus (WNV). Since the West Nile virus first entered the U.S. in 1999,
Oncologists in the U.K. have developed an AI model to help predict whether aggressive forms of breast cancer will spread based on changes in a patient’s lymph nodes. The research was published Thursday in the Journal of Pathology by Breast Cancer Now