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Stephen Larson, attorney for Dick Van Dam Dairy, described the images as staged or taken out of context. Earlier this month, a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by another animal rights organization against the farm. "The allegation that…

With Covid-19 patients flocking to hospitals across the country, doctors face an impossible question. Which patients in the emergency room are more likely to get worse quickly and which are most likely to fight the virus and recover?As it…

Until recently, the federal government did not ask hospitals to report how many doses they gave patients, although this will begin on Jan. 8. Nor is there a single hotline or website to help patients find a provider in their area who will…

Experts fear that vaccination rates have continued to fall during the pandemic, as has happened with children when older people fail to go to doctor's offices or pharmacies and do not fire off shots.Financial and bureaucratic obstacles also…

At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic with worldwide travel restrictions, we started a new series that allows you to be virtually transported to some of the most beautiful and fascinating places on our planet.This week, after 40…

Minks, like humans, often die from infection with the virus, and no one knows why. "This is a key thing," said Dr. Perlman. “Why do people get sick? Why do we react so differently to these viruses? “He said he had considered studying…

Weighing up to 380,000 pounds and about 30 meters long, the blue whale - the largest creature to ever live on earth - seems difficult for human eyes and ears to miss at first.But a previously unknown population of Leviathans has lurked in…

WASHINGTON - An ambitious Eastern states plan for a regional cap-and-trade program to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks got off to a sluggish start on Monday after just three states - Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode…

Along with so many things, the pandemic has destroyed many Go to New Years traditions - no mad clubs, no personal ball drops, no kissing strangers at midnight, not even the annual party that you reluctantly went to year after year.But…

It's been a tough year for Homo Sapiens. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed our weaknesses in an ever-changing natural world. Many have been pushed to find new levels of determination and creativity in order to survive.While people are…