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It may sound like an egregious flaunting of COVID-19 rules — but this massive in Liverpool, England, was in fact government sanctioned.

Scientists Hold Mask-Less Rave to Test Whether It’ll Spread COVID

By Victor Tangermann

Addiction researcher Carl Hart believes that heroin is completely safe to do. His upcoming book details his own recreational heroin use.

Addiction Researcher Says It’s Okay to Do a Little Heroin, as a Treat

By Tony Ho Tran

At least 20 ventilated coronavirus patients died after an Indian hospital ran out of the oxygen it needed to support them.

Indian Police Accused of Taking Dying Mother’s Oxygen for “VIP”

By Tony Ho Tran

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COVID Is Killing So Many People in India That They’re Burning Bodies in Parking Lots

By Dan Robitzski

Earlier this month, scientists announced that they'd successfully embedded human stem cells into monkey embryos. Now bioethicists have some concerns.

Scientists Alarmed by Lab-Grown Human-Animal Hybrids

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists in Texas found a new coronavirus variant, BV-1, that seems to be similar to the highly-infectious strain from the UK.

Meet BV-1, the Newest COVID Variant To Be Terrified Of

By Dan Robitzski

At least 20 ventilated coronavirus patients died after an Indian hospital ran out of the oxygen it needed to support them.

Oxygen Failure Kills 22 in COVID Treatment Ward

By Dan Robitzski

Country musician, gun nut and staunch Trump supporter Ted Nugent tested positive for COVID-19 after repeatedly writing off the pandemic as a hoax.

Ted Nugent, Who Said COVID Was a Hoax, Catches COVID

By Victor Tangermann

A scientist who has long suggested that the coronavirus could have accidentally leaked from a research lab, maintains that the idea is worth investigating.

Harvard/MIT Researcher: COVID Definitely Could Have Leaked From a Lab

By Dan Robitzski

In a reversal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided that vaccines are a good thing after all. Better late than never.

Elon Musk, Who Refused to Take a COVID Vaccine, Now Says Vaccines Are Good

By Victor Tangermann

There's a growing body of evidence that the chemical TCE, banned in several countries but common in the US, is causing a huge wave of Parkinson's Disease.

A Common Chemical Is Causing a Huge Wave of Parkinson’s Disease, Doctor Warns

By Dan Robitzski

Stanford scientists have posted the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines' mRNA sequences on GitHub for anybody to download.

Scientists Post Recipe for Moderna’s COVID Vaccine for Free Online

By Victor Tangermann

According to a high-ranking organizer, it's possible the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be canceled due to the international coronavirus outbreak.

Japan Is Still Trying to Hold the Olympics in 2021

By Dan Robitzski

The FDA has been investigating five cases of non-viral hepatitis, which resulted in acute liver failure. All of them drank "Real Water" alkalized water.

A Popular Brand of Bottled Water Got Linked to Liver Failure

By Victor Tangermann

World Health Organization investigators say it's "extremely unlikely" that the coronavirus leaked from a lab, but the WHO chief isn't satisfied.

WHO Head: We’re Still Not Sure if COVID Escaped From a Lab

By Dan Robitzski

According to experts at analyst firm Jefferies, smokers may disappear from many markets, as Bloomberg reports.

Smoking Will Disappear Within a Generation, Experts Say

By Victor Tangermann

COVID case numbers in the US have started to slowly creep upward, and that has CDC Director Rochelle Walensky deeply scared.

CDC Director Says She’s “Scared,” Begs Americans to Take COVID Seriously

By Dan Robitzski

A cross-sectional study of about 3,000 young men, their diets, and sperm have researchers thinking more about the adage "you are what you eat."

Humans Are Rapidly Losing the Ability to Procreate, Scientist Warns

By Tony Ho Tran

Chief COVID Advisor: Trump Could Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths

Chief COVID Advisor: Trump Could Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths

By Tony Ho Tran

According to a new report, the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is 93 percent effective after just one out of two doses.

White House Considering Temporary Lift On COVID Vaccine IP Protections

By Tony Ho Tran

A mysterious disease outbreak in Sokoto, Nigeria killed one student and infected 30 others. The government still doesn't know what it was.

Mystery Disease Outbreak Kills Girl in Nigeria, Sickens Dozens More

By Dan Robitzski

Here's what people want to do with their time as soon as they're fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and can partially reenter society.

After Their Second Vaccine Kicks In, This Is How People Are Reentering Society

By Dan Robitzski

The anti-masker woman who assaulted her Uber driver in that horrifying viral video turned herself in to the police and faces up to 20 years in prison.

Woman Faces Years in Prison For Coughing on Uber Driver

By Dan Robitzski

Tons of Old People Are Smoking Weed — And Doctors Are Worried

Tons of Old People Are Smoking Weed — And Doctors Are Worried

By Tony Ho Tran

Increasing levels of s ynthetic chemicals and plastics found in the environment and inside our bodies could wreak havoc on our reproductive system.

Pollution Is Shrinking Human Penises, Warns Famous Environmentalist

By Victor Tangermann

The World Health Organization investigators probing the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic finally seem to have some answers.

WHO Investigators Think They Found Where the Pandemic Really Began

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers grew a working tear gland in the lab that they say can help them study disease and perhaps someday might be used as a transplant.

Lab Grows Human Tear Glands That Can Actually Cry

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have managed to keep mice embryos alive inside an artificial womb for as long as day 12, half of the animal's gestation period.

Scientists Grew Mouse Embryos in an Artificial Womb

By Victor Tangermann

China has officially approved its latest COVID-19 vaccine, its fifth to be exact. And it has one special ingredient: ovary cells from hamsters.

China Approves COVID Vaccine Made From Hamster Cells

By Victor Tangermann

A woman in south Florida who was recently vaccinated against COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant may have passed on her COVID antibodies to her newborn baby.

Doctors: Woman Passed COVID Vaccine Immunity to Her Newborn Baby

By Victor Tangermann

Medical residents are now under investigation for posting pictures of removed organs on Instagram as if they were game show hosts.

Doctors Investigated For Posting Surgically Removed Organs on Instagram

By Dan Robitzski

COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca went on the defensive after countries halted the rollout of its vaccine over fears it may cause blood clots.

AstraZeneca Defends COVID Vaccine Against Blood Clot Concerns

By Victor Tangermann

Victor Smith, a 91-year-old man from Ohio, accidentally got two shots of the COVID vaccine in a single day, local NBC-affiliated news station WLWT5 reports.

A Man Accidentally Got Two COVID Vaccines on the Same Day and It Was Not Good

By Victor Tangermann

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather in small numbers indoors.

CDC: People Who Are Fully Vaccinated Can Gather Indoors

By Victor Tangermann

Eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the Associated Press reports, the first known case amount such primates in the US.

Great Apes Have Become the First Non-Humans to be Vaccinated for COVID

By Tony Ho Tran

There are several major coronavirus variants spreading throughout the world. Here's what you should know about the most important ones.

Five Coronavirus Variants That You Should Know About

By Dan Robitzski

International travelers have had to endure something rather humiliating upon entering China at the airport: anal swab tests for COVID-19 as Reuters reports.

China Is Administering Anal Swabs to Foreign Visitors

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors are identifying patients who were simultaneously infected by multiple coronavirus variants, raising concerns about new mutations.

People Are Catching Two COVID Strains at the Same Time

By Dan Robitzski

The CDC updated its official recommendations for surviving a zombie apocalypse. Experts say it's actually a valuable resource.

CDC Updates Guidelines For Zombie Apocalypse

By Dan Robitzski

Experts expected a new baby boom during the COVID-19 era, but the birth rate dropped instead. Experts say that this is a growing crisis for the country.

Experts: The United States’ Dropping Birth Rate is Becoming a “Crisis”

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have turned their focus on treating the long-term effects of COVID-19 — including a long term loss of taste and smell.

COVID Stole Their Smell and Taste. Now They’re Getting Treatment.

By Victor Tangermann

Vaccination passports could allow immunized people to travel or re-enter society, but many people in already-vulnerable groups would be excluded.

Expert: Vaccination Passports Could Become a “Dystopian Nightmare”

By Dan Robitzski

Plastic surgeon Scott Green signed into a courtroom Zoom proceeding to fight a traffic violation while he was operating on a patient.

Surgeon Contests Traffic Ticket While Operating on Patient

By Dan Robitzski

Health officials in the UK are trying to get in touch with an individual who was infected with a new variant of the virus that originated in Brazil.

Officials Hunting For Missing Person Infected With New COVID Strain

By Victor Tangermann

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has released an app that they say can determine whether you likely have COVID-19 — just by listening to your voice.

U.S. COVID Case Decline Has Stalled, Researchers Warn

By Tony Ho Tran

Moderna has announced it has created the first batch its new COVID-19 vaccine that protects people against a deadly new variant from South Africa.

Moderna Testing New Vaccine Designed to Protect Against Deadly Variant

By Victor Tangermann

Since they peaked in the middle of January, the number of new daily coronavirus infections deaths has been in consistent decline.

COVID Deaths Have Dropped Dramatically Since January

By Dan Robitzski

A new variant of the coronavirus is quickly becoming the dominant strain in California, worrying experts, as the Los Angeles Times reports.

Rapidly-Spreading COVID Strain More Transmissible, Less Susceptible to Vaccines

By Victor Tangermann

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci put the United States' failure to reign in the virus into a global perspective during a Monday interview on ABC.

Fauci: The US Has Pretty Much Done Worse Than Any Other Country

By Victor Tangermann

A very small study found that some patients who recover from the coronavirus could face long-term lung damage and reduced lung capacity.

Patient Dies After Doctors Transplant COVID-Infected Lungs

By Tony Ho Tran

Neuroscientists found that crows have conscious and subjective experiences, challenging assumptions about animal intelligence and human superiority.ogical constraints

Outbreak of New Bird Flu in Russia Alarms WHO

By Tony Ho Tran

A COVID-19 reserve held back intended to be used as second booster shots by the Trump administration doesn't actually exist, the Washington Post reports.

Johns Hopkins Professor: US Will Hit COVID Herd Immunity by April

By Tony Ho Tran

New coronavirus infections in the United States and around the world dropped by a significant number over the previous week.

Coronavirus Cases Around the World Are Finally Dropping

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report, the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech is 93 percent effective after just one out of two doses.

Pfizer Says Its COVID Vaccine Is 93% Effective After Just One Shot

By Victor Tangermann

New York just sued Amazon over its failure to protect warehouse workers from the coronavirus and for punishing anyone who spoke out.

New York State Sues Amazon Over Coronavirus Protocols

By Dan Robitzski

A researcher has discovered "pretty clear" evidence of a new hybrid version of the coronavirus that resulted from two variants combining their genomes.

Two COVID Strains Appear to Have Merged Into a “Heavily Mutated” Hybrid

By Victor Tangermann

In a Tuesday statement, the White House warned that new Ebola outbreaks in Africa need our attention now — otherwise we'd risk "catastrophic consequences."

White House Warns of “Catastrophic Consequences” of New Ebola Outbreaks

By Victor Tangermann

Guinea declared that it's facing a new Ebola epidemic on Sunday after seven people caught the infectious disease and three died.

In a Grim Development, There’s Officially a New Ebola Epidemic

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese researchers transplanted sheets containing heart muscle cells derived from stem cells onto a patient's damaged heart for the first time.

Doctor Warns That Teens Are Already Clogging Their Arteries

By Tony Ho Tran

Sister André, the world's second oldest person, fended off the coronavirus — and celebrated with champagne and a delicious feast.

World’s Second Oldest Person Survives COVID, Celebrates With Champagne

By Tony Ho Tran

In a chat with Derek Muller's popular YouTube channel Veritasium, Bill Gates said that the world is facing two big threats: climate change and bioterrorism.

Bill Gates Says the Next Horrible Virus Could Be Engineered by Terrorists

By Victor Tangermann

The Democratic Republic of Congo is now staring down its 12th Ebola outbreak just three months after the previous one ended.

After Second Death, Experts Fear New Ebola Outbreak

By Dan Robitzski

According to CDC, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can skip quarantine if they are exposed to somebody who tested positive

CDC: People Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated Don’t Need to Quarantine

By Victor Tangermann

World Health Organization investigators found evidence that the coronavirus outbreak in China may have started as early as October 2019.

WHO Investigators Find Evidence COVID Was Circulating in China Long Before Pandemic

By Dan Robitzski