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A British immunologist warned Monday that immunity to the coronavirus could be “rather short-lived” and that people should not rely solely on that to cope with infectious disease. Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College London, told CNBC that only 10 to 15 percent of the population of a …

Delays in testing could “literally be killing elephants,” Hiley added. Dr. Mmadi Reuben, the chief veterinary officer for the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks, said the government is taking the deaths seriously and responded “promptly, appropriately and responsibly, as soon as we receive this information.” He said some …

India has overtaken Russia to claim the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the world after registering nearly 25,000 new infections per day, mainly clustered in the megacities of Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. The total number of Covid-19 cases in India rose to 697,413 on Monday, after three consecutive …

Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Bats were probably the source of the current coronavirus pandemic, according to epidemiologists UN experts warned that zoonotic diseases, which jump from animals to humans, are on the rise and will continue to do so without measures to protect wildlife and preserve the environment. They blame …

But that is changing as Biden and his campaign move closer to a decision expected to come early next month. Biden’s announcement that he would choose a woman in March was largely greeted with cheers, but the terms of an inside-party debate over representation at the top of the ticket …