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Elevator safety measures that take COVID-19 into account are posted at Cambridge Discovery Park, a life sciences office development in Cambridge, Mass.

The Office Elevator In COVID-19 Times: Experts Weigh In On Safer Ups And Downs

As more and more people filter back to the workplace, many face a tiny space that can create a large logjam: the elevator. Even the lobby is fraught with coronavirus questions. We have answers.

People wait in line for COVID-19 vaccines at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

San Diego County Reports 810 COVID-19 Cases, 51 Deaths

San Diego County public health officials reported 810 new COVID-19 cases and 51 deaths Wednesday.

Generally, more education leads to longer and healthier lives — unless you are a Black man in America. Among the contributing factors is the isolation Black men often feel as they rise economically, says Thomas LaVeist, a sociologist and dean of the school of public health at Tulane University.

Education Usually Improves Health. But Racism Sabotages Benefits For Black Men

For most people, more education leads to healthier and longer lives. Not so for Black men. Racism's power in harming their health may be more persistent than previously understood, researchers say.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being treated at Berlin's Charité hospital, seen here behind the Reichstag building.

Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent 'To Silence Him,' Merkel Says

Novichok is the same nerve agent used in a 2018 attack in Britain on former KGB spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia. A German government spokesman says the evidence is "without a doubt."

Vehicles wait in line to cross into Canada at the Peace Bridge Plaza on March 18, 2020, in Buffalo N.Y. The Canada-U.S. border will be closed to non-essential traffic in both directions "by mutual consent," President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday, as efforts across the continent to contain the widening COVID-19 pandemic continued to upend daily life in North America.

Immigration Grinds To A Halt As President Trump Shuts Borders

A day of dramatic developments on the northern and southern borders as the U.S. immigration system slows down in response to the growing Coronavirus pandemic.

Vera Gissing, shown above at age 6, was one of 669 children from Prague whom Nicholas Winton helped save in the lead-up to World War II.

He Saved 669 Children From Nazis — A New Book Tells His Story To Kids

In Nicky & Vera, Peter Sís chronicles the work of Nicholas Winton, who helped hundreds of kids escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939.

Facebook Execs Seen Discussing Data Privacy, Competitors In Leaked Documents

"We don't feel we have had straight answers from Facebook," a member of the U.K. Parliament says. The company had fought to keep the records private; some are marked "highly confidential."

Sepsis, which is sometimes called blood poisoning, is essentially the body's overreaction to an infection.

Vitamin C Fails Again As Treatment For Sepsis

Sepsis is one of the most common causes of death for hospitalized patients. The search for an effective treatment has been frustrating.

Moderna will test new COVID-19 vaccine boosters, saying that while its vaccine should protect against variants found in the U.K. and South Africa, it isn't as effective against one strain. Here, a bus in London carries a sign telling people, "Act Like You've Got It" — to prevent the coronavirus from spreading.

Moderna Finds COVID-19 Vaccine Still Protects Against Emerging Strains

In a new round of tests, the drug company wants to see if booster doses of its vaccine will ramp up defenses against emerging strains of the coronavirus.

Emirati men clap as they watch the launch of the "Amal" or "Hope" space probe at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Monday. The probe, the country's first interplanetary spacecraft, was launched from Japan.

UAE Joins Growing List Of Nations That Have Sent Spacecraft To Mars

The United Arab Emirates successfully launched a Mars orbital probe known as Hope, or "Amal" in Arabic. It is expected to reach the red planet in February and will study the thin atmosphere of Mars.

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