Scientists have warned that a glacier in the Canadian Rockies is melting faster than it ever has in recorded history. This year’s heat waves and wildfires have caused massive ice loss, potentially disrupting the local ecosystem for generations to come. Meanwhile, all national forests in California have been closed until September due to the state’s …

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who famously forbade mask mandates, has tested positive for COVID. Schools, meanwhile, are trying to circumvent that mandate. One school district has done so by making masks a part of the dress code. COVID is wreaking havoc on southern schools. Some districts, like the Dallas district, are defying state orders against …

According to a healthcare expert, COVID is breaking our healthcare system. Oklahoma hospitals are out of space, and there are no pediatric ICU beds in north Texas. A man in Houston, who was shot six times last week, is still waiting for surgery because there are simply no beds available. Hospitals in Florida in Mississippi …

In Mississippi, a state already overrun with COVID cases, a rural county is running out of hospital space following a tightly-packed county fair. Meanwhile, on a Texas-based Carnival cruise, 27 people have tested positive for COVID. Oklahoma hospitals are out of space, and there are no pediatric ICU beds in north Texas.Hospitals in Florida in …

United has become the first domestic airline to require its employees be vaccinated. Masks are being required in even more places as the COVID virus resurges thanks to the Delta variant. San Francisco and neighboring counties have reinstated mask mandates, and McDonald’s throughout the U.S. will also require masks. Upscale fitness establishments Equinox and SoulCycle …

Russia has set another record––its third––for daily COIVD deaths after 799 people died of the virus. The nation has been registering record-breaking numbers of daily virus deaths for weeks as it struggles with a third wave of COVID. Russia has seen its highest daily rise in COVID cases since January. Last week, Russia set a …

The CDC has warned that fully vaccinated people may still be vulnerable to COVID variants.  The World Health Organization has therefore encouraged fully vaccinated people to keep practicing COVID precautions as the Delta variant spreads rapidly. In Springfield, MO, there has been a 225% increase in hospitalizations since June 1, in large part thanks to …

An Oath Keeper has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding, making him the 14th member of the group charged in the Capitol riots. Meanwhile, a District Court judge sentenced an Indiana woman, Anna Morgan-Lloyd pleaded, to three years of probation, $500 in restitution and 40 hours of community service. The woman …

According to NASA and NOAA, the Earth is now trapping an unprecedented amount of heat, which is contributing to rapidly warming air, water, and land. That helps to explain the heatwave heading to the American West, and some 200 million people are expected to suffer through 90º weather––another 40 million will be sweating through 100º+ weather. …

There is a heatwave heading to the American West, and some 200 million people are expected to suffer through 90º weather––another 40 million will be sweating through 100º+ weather. Although there has been progress towards addressing climate change (see below), this is a reminder that we are still in––forgive the pun––hot water. The spiking temperatures …

While the numbers of patients hospitalized for critical cases of COVID has dropped dramatically, those who are hospitalized tend to have one thing in common: they’re almost all unvaccinated. As many as 178 hospital workers in Houston have been suspended for refusing to be vaccinated. Such vaccine hesitancy, especially among professionals, is problematic. The global …

India’s rapidly burgeoning middle class is in deep trouble. The pandemic has hindered––and in some cases wiped out––their businesses, potentially sending them back to poverty. As India’s COIVD surge begins to abate, its true horror is coming into clearer focus. Struggling under a collapsing health care system, many Indians turned to social media to find help. …