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Leaving more than 12 million infections, more than 550,000 deaths and an economic cost of billions of dollars to date,one The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has devastated the most vulnerable in our society: adults 65 years of age or older, people with underlying conditions, and economically disadvantaged people.two A vaccine is urgently …

United Nations demographers have been anticipating since last year that the world population could stop growing by 2,100 as fertility rates decline, projecting a peak of 10.9 billion people by the end of the century, compared to approximately 7.8 billion now. But a study published Tuesday in The Lancet, the …

GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. A community health officer helps sanitation workers don personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Fourah Bay College Coronavirus Treatment Center in Freetown, …

Not everything is fine in the digital wild west. Red Dead Online fans point out that almost a year has passed since Rockstar has significantly updated the open-world MMO, which has left people feeling exasperated by the content drought. But instead of complaining about it, the Red Dead Online cowboys …

In a gym packed with spectators without masks, Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield lit him up at a basketball game last month. And then he had to sit at the start of the Kings’ training camp in Orlando, Florida, while recovering from the coronavirus. Hield is one of four Kings …