South Africa

Researchers at UC Berkeley, the Gladstone Institutes and Innovative Genomics Institute discovered that the antibodies generated against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants are less effective against omicron.

All eyes turned to Eastern Europe on Wednesday night as Russian troops advanced into Ukraine, declaring war on their neighbor in what many people see as an attempt to recreate the expansive Russian empire. 

Keem falters on The Melodic Blue, trying to include countless ideas without giving thought to how they ultimately coalesce.

Cell phone use of 17 minutes per day over the course of 10 years is associated with a 60% increase in brain tumor risk, Joel Moskowitz, director of the UC Berkeley Center for Family and Community Health, found through his research.

Summer after freshman year, back in 2019, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. I spent six weeks immersing myself in local attractions and the natural beauty of the city. The balance between nature, sea and city life reminded me of familiar cities on the coast such as San Francisco and port cities on the Korean peninsula, yet the South African culture and history added a unique, beautiful twist.

In “The Year Earth Changed,” animals and people are shot the same — all just different species in the wild, observed from an omniscient perspective. 

Amid a second wave of COVID-19 cases in India, U.S. President Joseph Biden added the country to the COVID-19 travel ban list in a proclamation effective Tuesday.

After Alameda County identified possible cases of a COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the first Bay Area cases of another variant from South Africa Wednesday.

As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its one-year mark, the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom has been rapidly spreading throughout the U.S., a recent study found.

A team of international researchers uncovered data through geological studies suggesting that the previously held timeline for the end-Permian mass extinction is in need of reworking.