Mayya Gil, a 95-year-old New Yorker who survived the Nazi invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl disaster, and the COVID-19 pandemic, tragically died after being struck by a cargo van while crossing the s ...

Then when the devastating Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in Ukraine in ... 19 during the height of the pandemic. But Gil was a survivor through it all, spurred forward by her dedication ...

The report also looks into the ongoing health impacts of Chernobyl and concludes that radiation from the disaster has had a devastating effect on survivors; damaging immune and endocrine systems ...

Within this zone, however, scientists have discovered an unlikely survivor: a resilient black fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum. After the Chernobyl disaster, scientists observed patches ...

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced mutations.

“Most people think of the Chernobyl nuclear accident as a radiological disaster in an abandoned corner of Ukraine, but the potential adverse health implications are much wider,” said Norman ...

Recently, a 95-year-old woman in New York, who had survived the Nazi invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl disaster, and even the COVID-19 pandemic, died after being hit by a truck right in front of ...

Mayya Gil had been walking across Cropsey Avenue in front of her apartment in Bensonhurst near 24th Avenue around 12:40 p.m.