Subsiding layoffs raise cautious optimism for U.S. labor market
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits decreased further last week, (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)Health & Science
High levels of toxic heavy metals found in some baby foods: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional investigators found “dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals” in certain baby foods that could cause (More…)
China bat caves need exploring in search for COVID origins, WHO team member says
By David Kirton and David Stanway
WUHAN, China (Reuters) – A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for (More…)
U.S. Senate Democrats prepare to push through Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Senate were poised on Thursday to take a first step toward President Joe (More…)
World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as researchers explore mixed vaccine shots
By Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout
LONDON (Reuters) – The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes (More…)
U.S. community health centers say they have given more vaccines than government data show
By Rebecca Spalding
(Reuters) – Some U.S. community health centers say they are doling out COVID-19 shots far faster than (More…)
Biden decides to stick with Space Force as branch of U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is looking at all policies put in place by Republican predecessor Donald Trump, with (More…)
German sniffer dogs detect COVID-19 with 94% accuracy
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva (More…)
‘We’ve lost so many’: Brazil starts vaccinating Amazon river dwellers
By Bruno Kelly
MANACAPURU, Brazil (Reuters) – Health workers sped along the Amazon river this week to start vaccinating riverside (More…)
COVID-19 cases falling in U.S., Canada, but still rising in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil: PAHO
BRASILIA (Reuters) – COVID-19 infections are finally decreasing in the United States and Canada after weeks of unrelenting rise, but (More…)
