Report: Global Temps in 2021 Cooler Than Recent Years
Global temperatures in 2021 are cooler than in recent years following the presence of a moderately strong La Nina event in December that cooled the tropical Pacific Ocean, reports Axios.

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Pfizer Vaccine Highly Effective Against COVID-19 Variants
Two new studies found the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is highly successful in preventing infection and serious illness from more contagious COVID-19 variants.

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Netherlands Trains Bees to Sniff Out People With COVID-19
First dogs, now bees can be used to identify people infected with the COVID-19 virus, The Hill reported Saturday.

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What if You Miss the Second Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccines?
Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines require 2 doses, spaced 3 and 4 weeks respectively, to provide full immunity against COVID-19.

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Study: Obesity May Play Stronger Role for COVID-19 Deaths in Men
Obesity might play a stronger role in increasing the risk or death, severe pneumonia, and the need for intubation in men than in women with COVID-19 than previously noted.

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Two Huge Asteroids to Make Close Approach to Earth This Week
This week two asteroids, 2021 HC3, and 2021 AE4 - roughly the size of football fields -are expected to glide safely past our Earth. NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) predicts the close encounters.

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