The ministry said more than 400 people had been injured and many more were missing under the rubble after Sunday’s massive blast. Resident Carmen Alebeso said the scenes sounded like an atomic bomb explosion. Albeso told CNN that the first blast occurred at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday when …

“All I can say is that we’re in the midst of a hurricane right now,” Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. The spike will be fueled by the B.1.1.7 variant, first seen …

Those who are fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus can gather privately in small groups without masks or physical distance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that in some cases safety guidelines for inoculated individuals have been relaxed. The CDC said on Monday that people who have …

CHICAGO – Chicago is lifting some coronavirus restrictions in a timely manner for the opening day of the MLB, allowing fans to participate in sports at the Wrigley Field and Guaranteed Rate field for the first time in more than a year. The rules, announced Monday by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s …

For its pioneering work in the scientific world, NASA named the place on Mars where the Perseverance Rover landed, “Octavia E. Butler Landing.” “Her guiding principle, ‘When using science, be so precise,’ is what NASA’s science team is all about. Her work continues to inspire today’s scientists and engineers around …