Canada Plans Health Warnings on Every Cigarette

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The Canadian government is set to put health warnings on each cigarette and ban certain types of plastics, parts of a new round of regulations from the Trudeau government. "Poison in every puff.” By 2023, this is the warning the Canadian government is planning on…


NASA Soars From Southern Hemisphere

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NASA sees success on a pair of launches from the Southern Hemisphere. Plus, prospective lunar rovers run the gauntlet on Earth, and an Independence Day anniversary for the American space program. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space. ...


WHO: Countries Must Prepare for Future COVID-19 Waves

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The World Health Organization warns new variants of COVID-19 are spreading and people must remain vigilant and employ public health measures to protect themselves from contracting and transmitting the deadly disease.  The latest WHO figures show reported cases of COVID-19 have increased nearly 30 percent…


New US Study Helps Demystify Long COVID Brain Fog

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A small new study published Tuesday by scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health suggests that the immune response triggered by coronavirus infections damages the brain's blood vessels and could be responsible for long COVID symptoms. The paper, published in the journal Brain, was…


Alarm Over Oceans Heat Up Europe’s Summertime Politics

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There is growing alarm among European and other environmentalists over what they say is governments' failure to ensure healthy oceans, which are vital for food, jobs, biodiversity and clean air. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls it an "ocean emergency." "Global heating is pushing ocean…


1.7 Million Locked Down in China’s Anhui Province

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China placed 1.7 million people under lockdown in central Anhui province, where authorities reported nearly 300 new cases Monday in the latest of a string of outbreaks testing Beijing's no-tolerance approach to COVID-19. The country is the last major economy wedded to a zero-COVID strategy,…