Studies of genetic material from thousands of samples of the novel coronavirus show that it is changing. Experts say those findings might affect the current pandemic and efforts to develop vaccines and treatments. The GISAID Initiative is a partnersh...
Man Builds Motorized Wheelbarrow While in lockdown, many people around the world are using the time to do different projects. In the English town of Chipping Norton, a former gardener wanted to spend his time at home creatively. So, Kevin Nicks decid...
Nikhil Kumar is one of the best young table tennis players in the United States. Less than a month after Kumar won the right to compete in them, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games were postponed until 2021. Like so many other Olympic athletes, he is now t...
It is one of the many cruelties of the pandemic. To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, many people hospitalized with COVID-19 cannot have visitors. This means the patients are unable to celebrate life events with loved ones or even say a final go...
Sporting events and other large public gatherings have been cancelled in the United States because of the COVID-19 spread. Could the country's political party nominating meetings be next? The Republican and Democratic parties were to hold their conve...
Human bones from Bulgaria suggest human beings first arrived in Europe thousands of years earlier than previous studies have shown. This means humans shared the continent with Neanderthals, our closest relative, much longer than experts had believed....
Priscilla C. of Holland Village in Singapore has a bright future ahead of her. The 17-year-old has been accepted to study economics at Stanford University in California. She hopes to begin her studies this autumn. But Priscilla, who asked VOA not to...
Some Americans have strong opinions about attending religious services during the coronavirus health crisis. I don't give a rat's tail who John Bel Edwards thinks is essential and who isn't, said Tricia Slaughter. She attends Life Tabernacle Church i...
The Language of an International Health Crisis What is the difference between pandemic and epidemic? Do infectious and contagious mean the same thing? How exactly does contact tracing work? Even native English speakers may not fully know the answers...
Some Asian governments that have had a decreasing number of coronavirus cases are considering permitting travel to some cities. Experts predict that bubbles, where travel is permitted, will form while restrictions continue in places where infection n...
