April 14, 2022 Pfizer, BioNTech will ask FDA to authorize COVID booster for healthy kids ages 5-11 Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday that they would ask the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize a booster dose of their coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in healthy kids ages 5 to 11.
April 13, 2022 100-year-old dead shark had meningitis, researchers say It is believed that the Greenland shark died from meningitis, which would be the first recorded instance of the infection in the species.
April 13, 2022 COVID cases, deaths fall for third consecutive week, World Health Organization says The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) fell for a third consecutive week, a trend likely helped by the dismantling of testing and surveillance programs.
April 13, 2022 Zoos in US respond to bird flu outbreak as infection rates mount What to know as the avian influenza outbreak that’s claimed the lives of millions of birds.
April 12, 2022 Skull of popular elk stolen from Rocky Mountain National Park In March, a popular elk named Kahuna died from natural causes at the state park.
April 11, 2022 Mountain lion visits the same house in California multiple times A man shared footage to social media of a mountain lion making several appearances on his property.
April 7, 2022 Wisconsin doctor fell to her death on solo hiking trip when clay bank collapsed underneath her: sheriff A doctor who was found dead after disappearing on a hike by herself in northern Wisconsin was killed when a steep clay bank collapsed underneath her, local authorities said this week.
April 7, 2022 Alabama tracking trio of bear cubs Officials with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources explained that they were able to place tracking collars on a trio of newborn bear cubs.
April 6, 2022 What to do if a rabies-infected animal bites you? Rep. Ami Bera, a California Democrat bit by a fox that tested positive for rabies.
April 6, 2022 Capitol Hill fox euthanized, tests positive for rabies as DC Health officials weigh kits’ fate The tail of the wild Capitol fox that bit a congressman, a reporter and at least seven other people in Washington Tuesday came to an end after city health officials put it down and later confirmed it had been infected with the rabies virus.
