Search results for

Scientists recently criticized the current name as "discriminatory and stigmatizing." They also say it's inaccurate to name versions of the virus after parts of Africa.

The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a high risk to the general population.

As trailers are delivered to the hurricane homeless, another option is drawing attention. They're Katrina cottages, sturdier and cheaper than trailers. But law prohibits FEMA from paying for what is considered "permanent" housing. Connie Moran, mayor of Ocean Springs, Miss., talks with Michele Norris.

A new study finds that winter wave heights have increased along California's coastline as human actions have warmed the world's climate. Bigger waves are a threat to the already vulnerable coast.

French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023.

South African writer Nadine Gordimer was an anti-apartheid activist, a Nobel Prize winner and a friend of Nelson Mandela's. Ntsiki Mazwai is a black singer and songwriter whose work grew out of the "struggle poet" tradition in South Africa. They speak with host Rachel Martin about Mandela's legacy.

While most of the news about elephants out of Africa concerns poaching and falling numbers, South Africa has the opposite problem. Its elephant populations have grown greater than the country can manage.

For over a year, fans have been trying to get the band to cover "Africa" by Toto. Weezer did decide to cover a Toto song but went with "Rosanna" instead.

The Energy Department says the United States depends on Africa for 18 percent of its petroleum imports. That percentage is growing rapidly. The biggest African producer is Nigeria. The fight is on in Africa's most populous country to grab a share of the money generated by the energy industry.

Leaders from across the continent attended, stressing that the world should not just pity African countries as some of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.