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Indian states run out of COVID-19 vaccines, Brazil tops 400,000 fatality mark

Apr 30, 2021 08:19

Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines a day prior to a planned broadening of a nationwide vaccination drive amid a surge of new cases in the country to yet another daily record, officials have announced.
Global COVID-19 death toll passes grim 3 million mark

Apr 18, 2021 06:18

The worldwide COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 3 million as countries compete with one another over vaccines for immunization.
Brazil’s COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of US wave

Apr 09, 2021 03:00

Brazil’s brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities climbing for the first time above 4,000 in a day on Tuesday as the outbreak overwhelms hospitals.
Russia’s Sputnik V ensures quick recovery if COVID-19 confirmed: Developer

Apr 04, 2021 12:26

The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has ensured speedy recovery without severe symptoms in case of infection with COVID-19 after news broke out that the Argentine president tested positive for the contagious disease a few months after receiving the Russian jab.
Illegal mining increases on Yanomami indigenous land by 30 percent: Report

Mar 25, 2021 07:52

Illegal mining, a leading cause of environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest, expanded 30 percent last year on protected Yanomami indigenous lands, devastating the equivalent of 500 football pitches, a report found Thursday.
Brazilian Supreme Court annuls sentences against ex-president Lula

Mar 09, 2021 11:16

Brazil’s Supreme Court has annulled all convictions against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, a decision that could allow the leftist popular politician to run in the country’s 2022 presidential election.
Virus variant in Brazil infected many who had already recovered from COVID-19

Mar 03, 2021 11:58

In just a matter of weeks, two variants of the coronavirus have become so familiar that you can hear their inscrutable alphanumeric names regularly uttered on television news.
Amazon rainforest will collapse by 2064, new study predicts

Jan 10, 2021 17:34

Science and Policy for Sustainable Development concluded that the Amazon rainforest will collapse and largely become a dry, shrubby plain by 2064.
Latin America’s pandemic of mounting troubles

Jan 03, 2021 07:04

Many regions performed badly when confronted with COVID-19, but Latin America fared worse than most, in terms of both lives and livelihoods lost. As of November 2020, nine of the 20 countries with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per capita were in Latin America.
Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

Dec 21, 2020 12:37

To some, it might seem too soon to contemplate the next global outbreak, with the world still grappling with the devastating fallout of the ongoing one. But scientists say it's highly like that, without savvy intervention, another novel virus will jump from animal to human host and find the conditions to spread like wildfire.