Deadly synthetic opioids have been detected in Australian wastewater for the first time, an international survey led by University of Queensland researchers has found.

Five years after the World Health Organization first described the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, its effects are still being felt on the global economy.

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has asked Elon Musk to find out which branches of the U.S. government have asked employees to "edit, monitor, update, lobby" the online encyclopedia.

The United States Defense Department has told the military services to reach out again to troops who were forced out or voluntarily left the military because they refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

A federal jury in Detroit has awarded more than $12 million to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination.

Zimbabwe will cull 200 wild elephants to feed communities facing severe hunger during the country’s worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities have said.

At least 11 of the 17 members of the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition have conflicts of interest with the likes of Nestle, sugar manufacturer Tate and Lyle, and the world's largest ice cream producer, Unilever, reports Sophie Borland in the British Medical Journal.

Ten years ago this summer the social media world was overwhelmed with videos of movie stars, politicians, sports heroes, and regular folks dousing themselves as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge.