Hantaviruses are usually spread by exposure to urine, saliva or feces from infected rodents, such as rats or mice. Hantavirus ...

On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest.

The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal ...

Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use ...

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Relatives and friends of murdered and missing Indigenous Alaskans took their grief to the streets of Midtown Anchorage on ...

Eswatini remains the only African nation without tariff-free access to China's market due to its ties with Taiwan.

Iran has submitted a 14-point response to the U.S. proposal to end the conflict that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on ...

The Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence in Iran, has been hospitalized in critical condition after ...

Timmy, the humpback whale that made global headlines since being stranded in shallow waters for several weeks, was released ...

Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought ...