The coronavirus, responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has one official name—SARS-CoV-2. But according to virologists, mutations lead to hundreds of genetically-distinct versions of the virus.

An international team of researchers has identified a direct molecular link between meat and dairy diets and the development of antibodies in the blood that increase the chances of developing cancer.

Fewer New Yorkers are dying from the coronavirus than health experts had anticipated, a new study shows. Regional death rates have dropped from the highs seen at the start of the outbreak, partially due to a shift in the population contracting the disease toward those who are more resilient.

This incident happened in early 1972 during the Vietnam War. A US Special Forces group was secretly delivered at night and parachuted in an area on the Cambodia-North Vietnamese border.

A rare two-headed snake has been found in a Florida home, according to state wildlife officials. The mutant was found in a home in Palm Harbor, Florida.

At her daily press briefing on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi snapped at a reporter who attempted to ask about the Joe Biden’s alleged involvement in his son’s foreign business ventures.

Rudy Giuliani has described what he says are disturbing photos of underage girls  — including “straight out-and-out child pornography” — on Hunter Biden’s laptop, which were handed over to the police in New Castle County, Delaware on Monday.

Trump voters in New Hampshire received letters threatening to burn down their homes if President Donald Trump does not concede defeat after losing the election.

Nine people, including four women, were killed in lightning strikes in northern Karnataka.

About 252 million years ago, a global catastrophe occurred on Earth, which led to the extinction of 95% of marine and 75% of land animals. For the first time, her detailed picture was described by scientists from the Center for the Study of the Ocean

Turkish archaeologists excavating the province of Sanliurfa in southeastern Turkey have discovered the main gate of the historic Harran Palace.

The Protocol Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry notified the embassies and representative offices of international organizations in Pyongyang about the approach of a dust storm, which, according to the North Korean side, could bring the coronavirus into the Republic with dust particles, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang reported.