PYONGYANG, North Korea — More than a thousand years ago, a volcano on the border between North Korea and China was the site of one of the biggest eruptions in human history, blanketing eastern Asia in its ash. But the remote and politically sensitive Mount Paektu remains almost a complete mystery to foreign scientists who have — until recently — been unable to conduct on-site studies. Read full article...
Really fast. Only two to four hours after being deposited on a single doorknob or tabletop, viruses were present on more than half of workers and visitors in the building, as well as more than half of the surfaces they would commonly touch. According to research presented at the American Society for Microbiology's 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), this...
by Christie Aschwanden An Army major comes home after nine months at war and, with cameras rolling, makes an unexpected visit to his 8-year-old daughter’s school. She runs to hug him and, tears flowing, does not let go. A Navy petty officer just back from Afghanistan reunites with her 12-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son during the children’s field trip to the zoo . A soldier returning from a deployment...
By the end of August, more than 1,800 people had already died during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa , and the total number of infections was more than twice that amount. So what will September hold? Alessandro Vespignani has looked at the outbreak and studied the response on the ground. The Northeastern University physicist has worked on a model to estimate the growth of the disease , and by the...
In Liberia’s capital of Monrovia, taxis filled with families crisscross the city, searching in vain for a facility with space to treat loved ones infected with the Ebola virus. Children orphaned by the disease and shunned by other relatives have nowhere to go. The government’s main hospital is plagued by floods and electrical fires, and several employees have succumbed to Ebola. Read full article...
By the turn of the century, global warming will threaten the survival of more than half of all species of birds in the United States and Canada, a new report says. Warming temperatures will dramatically alter the habitat ranges of birds in nearly every state, including Baltimore orioles and eagles in the Washington, D.C., region, forcing them to migrate to unfamiliar areas where they will have to...
A national study of older veterans finds that those who resist negative age stereotypes are less likely to experience post-traumatic stress, anxiety and suicidal thoughts....
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei successfully underwent prostate surgery. ...
Nurses have called for more staff and resources in Canberra's adult mental health unit after several violent attacks. ...
Politicians and health service providers in Papua New Guinea are working to increase access to family planning services. ...
PARIS (Reuters) - French company Carmat said on Monday it had fitted a second patient with one of its artificial hearts and would continue clinical trials on two more patients. ...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, which has barred pilgrims from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea from the haj due to Ebola concerns, will allow Nigerians to attend, an official was reported on Monday as saying, suggesting the smaller outbreak there was less worrying. ...
(Reuters) - Hyperion Therapeutics Inc said it would stop development of its diabetes drug, after the company discovered that certain employees of its recently acquired subsidiary engaged in unlawful conduct. ...
TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia's Veterinary and Food Board said on Monday it had confirmed the country's first case of African swine fever in a wild boar. ...
(Reuters) - Hemispherx Biopharma Inc said it was evaluating two of its drugs against the deadly Ebola virus in collaboration with a unit of the U.S. Department of Defense. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In Chicago, most kids with asthma or food allergies don’t have a health management form on file at school, a new study shows. ...
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Scientists have created a new map of places most at risk of an Ebola outbreak and say regions likely to be home to animals harbouring the virus are more widespread than previously feared, particularly in West Africa. ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A new group of biotech lung drugs that have produced promising results in clinical tests are now up against the issue of how cost-effective that are. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans will be able to dispose of unused prescription drugs at more sites under a Drug Enforcement Administration rule announced on Monday aimed at curbing rising drug addiction and abuse. ...
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it would send military and humanitarian experts to Sierra Leone to set up a treatment center for Ebola victims, as 11 major companies urged the international community to step up the fight against the worst outbreak of the disease. ...