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With 96,270 new cases reported on Tuesday, the total number of people that have been infected with the coronavirus in the U.S. has risen to 94,403,074, as per Johns Hopkins University's latest data. 376 additional deaths on the same day took the total U.S. Covid casualties to 1,044,915.

The White House Monkeypox Response Team has announced new actions the Biden Administration is taking to combat the monkeypox outbreak and protect individuals most at risk of contracting the virus. The Administration is providing additional vaccines and support to states and cities holding events that convene large groups of LGBTQI+ individuals, specifically gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.

On September 3, NASA will make a second attempt to launch the giant Moon rocket carrying Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission. The 322-foot-tall stack, consisting of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, is re-scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:17 p.m. ET, the beginning of a two-hour window. The historic maiden test flight, originally scheduled for

World leaders paid tribute to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who died in Moscow on Tuesday at the age of 91. He had been suffering from a long and serious illness, reports quoting hospital staff said. Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, from which modern Russia emerged, and is best known for opening up the USSR to the world with sweeping reforms known as Glasnost and Pe

With 89293 new cases reporting on Sunday, the total number of people infected with coronavirus in the country has risen to 94,283,777, as per Johns Hopkins University's latest data. 492 additional deaths on the same day took the total U.S. Covid casualties to 1,044,355. Texas reported the most number of cases - 17,907 - while Florida reported most deaths - 209 - due to the disease. 1994 additio

The number of people infected with Monkeypox in the United States has crossed 18000. A total of 18101 positive cases have been confirmed so far, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2916 new confirmed cases were reported in the country in the last seven days, according to the World Health Organization. Although the numbers are still on the

Ukraine says it has reclaimed four villages in the Russian occupied Kherson region after weeks of counter-offensive against Russian forces in the south. With high precision strikes, Ukrainian troops are destroying Russian warehouses and control points to cut off Russian supply lines. Kherson's Russian-backed leader Vladimir Leontiev said 15 missiles hit the region in the past two days. Ukraine'

NASA's mission management team will convene Tuesday afternoon to discuss the reasons that led to the postponement of the launch of the giant Moon rocket carrying Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission, and develop a plan forward. The Artemis I launch was scrubbed Monday after encountering an issue getting one of the four RS-25 engines on the bottom of the rocket's core stage to the proper te

Coronavirus positive cases and hospitalizations due to the viral disease continue to fall steadily in the United States, according to statistics. The national average has fallen to 88,391 cases, down from more than 130,000 per day reported in mid-July. Cases are falling in most of the states. Some western states report 30 percent or more decline in the past two weeks. U.S. hospitals report a 10

The Biden Administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on September 28 in Washington, DC. As President Joe Biden announced in May, this will be the first Conference of this kind in more than 50 years. Millions of Americans are afflicted with food insecurity and diet-related diseases—including heart disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes—which are some of

A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have left for the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which has constantly been under attack by Russian forces. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on Monday that the UN nuclear agency's delegation would reach in Zaporizhzhia later this week. "The day has come, @IAEAorg's Support and Assistance Mission

The launch of NASA's giant Moon rocket - Space Launch System (SLS) - carrying Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission is running late because of stormy weather and troubleshooting to resolve an apparent hydrogen leak with one of the engines at the base of the rocket. The 322-foot-tall stack, consisting of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, was scheduled to launch from Kennedy

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky have called on Russia to return full control of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant to Ukraine. The two leaders also urged Russia to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to the nuclear facility at risk.

In a major step in its attempts to tackle climate change, California has set a roadmap that by 2035, 100 percent of new cars and light trucks sold in the state will be zero-emission vehicles.

President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order for speedy implementation of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 that aims to boost US domestic chip-manufacturing and scientific research. The sweeping $280 billion law that Biden signed on August 9 is aimed at resolving the acute semiconductor shortage in the United States manufacturing sector and building more resilient semiconductor