Daily Archives: 01/15/2022


China Tries to Contain Omicron Outbreak Ahead of Winter Olympics

Ahead of the February opening of the Winter Olympics in China, authorities are attempting to contain an outbreak of the omicron coronavirus variant in a southern city. Officials in Zhuhai suspended the city’s bus service after uncovering seven cases of …


Manatee Feeding Experiment Starts Slowly as Cold Looms

An unprecedented, experimental attempt to feed manatees facing starvation in Florida has started slowly but wildlife officials expressed optimism Thursday that it will work as cold weather drives the marine mammals toward warmer waters. A feeding station established along the …


More Evidence Links a Virus to Multiple Sclerosis, Study Finds

There’s more evidence that one of the world’s most common viruses may set some people on the path to developing multiple sclerosis.  Multiple sclerosis is a potentially disabling disease that occurs when immune system cells mistakenly attack the protective coating …


China Seen Backing ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ in Latin America 

Chinese technology and expertise is making it possible for Venezuela and Cuba to exercise suffocating control over digital communications in the two countries, according to insider accounts and several international investigations.  Venezuela and Cuba do more to block internet access …


CDC Encourages More Americans to Consider N95 Masks

U.S. health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Those kinds of masks are considered better at filtering the air. …