With the holiday season approaching and COVID-19 cases on the rise, Gov. Cuomo prohibited gatherings larger than 10 people in private...

In studying the effects of climate change on hurricanes, scientists have focused on what occurs over water, when storms are forming and strengthening, picking up heat and moisture as they churn over the ocean.But a new study looks at what happens after hurricanes make landfall and work their way inland. The research suggests that climate change is affecting storms during this phase of their life...

A new analysis of the use of blood thinners in hospitalized COVID-19 patients highlights a striking racial disparity that may help further explain why Black patients are hit harder by the disease. The anticoagulant enoxaparin - sold under the brand name Lovenox - which is associated with superior COVID-19 outcomes, is more likely to be given to Caucasian patients. Unfractionated heparin, an...

Restaurants, gyms, and hotels were among the riskiest spots, but reducing occupancy could help decrease the infection...

Scientists have sequenced the "code of life" of species from almost every branch of the bird family...

In a shift, the CDC now says face masks perform 2 functions: keeping viruses from spreading, and protecting healthy individuals from exposure...

The object has an orbit that hints at an even-farther-out “Super-Earth” or larger “Planet X” could be lurking out...

Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study. Warmer ocean waters from climate change are likely making hurricanes lose power more slowly after landfall, because they act as a reserve fuel tank for moisture, the study found. It found that in the 1960s, hurricanes declined two-thirds in wind strength within...

North Atlantic tropical storms are stronger for longer when they hit land because of global...

Sven-Erik Spichiger, an entomologist with Washington State Department of Agriculture, says more nests are likely in the...

Restaurants, gyms, cafes and other crowded indoor venues accounted for some 8 in 10 new infections in the early months of the U.S. coronavirus epidemic, according to a new analysis that could help officials around the world now considering curfews, partial lockdowns and other measures in response to renewed outbreaks.The study, which used cellphone mobility data from 10 U.S. cities from March to...

As of Wednesday, El Paso County had the second most active COVID-19 cases in Texas. The state has recorded the most infections in all the...

What will a Joe Biden presidency mean for the global battle against rising...

The mounting COVID-19 hospital caseload in the US is translating to overburdened medical systems, and states are worried about the...

Larry Fink, chief executive of the world's largest asset manager BlackRock, said on Tuesday he backed the UK's recent move to make the reporting of corporate risk related to climate change mandatory, and urged the United States to follow suit. "We welcome the UK Chancellor's announcement yesterday (of) mandatory TCFD reporting," Fink told the Green Horizon Summit in London, referring to the...

Historical museum specimens have helped to solve a long standing scientific monkey...

Stratolaunch, the aerospace company founded by the late Seattle tech titan Paul Allen, is gearing up on several fronts for tests of its hypersonic launch platform — a year and a half after its mammoth airplane first flew. Allen created the company in Seattle back in 2011 to launch rockets from the world’s biggest aircraft, but after the Microsoft co-founder’s death in 2018, the company was...