Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's Facebook page has been frozen by the tech giant for claiming without evidence that a herbal remedy was a "miracle" cure for COVID-19, Reuters first reported.
Driving the news: Facebook said it removed a video, posted in January, in which Maduro makes the claims about Carvativir, an oral solution derived from thyme. The tech company said the video violated its policy against false claims "that something can guarantee prevention from getting COVID-19 or can guarantee recovery from COVID-19."
Populations of the American bald eagle have quadrupled since 2009 when there were only around 72,000 in the lower 48 states, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week.
Why it matters: The birds, the national symbol of the U.S. and a sacred species to American Indian tribes, once teetered on the brink of extinction because of hunting, insecticide pollution and habitat loss.
A series of novels that have been turned into a TV show offers one of the most realistic visions of what the colonization of space might actually be like.
Why you should read and watch: "The Expanse" imagines a future where human beings have moved into space without growing much beyond the often unjust political and economic systems of today.
Scientists launched a National Institutes of Health-backed study with thousands of college students to determine whether Moderna's COVID vaccine can prevent asymptomatic spread of the virus.
Why it matters: The results of the trial could provide vaccinated individuals insight on how careful they really need to be when in close contact with others.
