China lifts quarantine after man dies of plague
(AP)—A nine-day quarantine imposed on parts of a northern Chinese city where a man died of bubonic plague has been lifted, China's official news agency reported Thursday.
Jul 24, 2014
Archive: 24/07/2014
S. Korea reports first foot-and-mouth case for 3 years
South Korea on Thursday confirmed its first case of foot-and-mouth in more than three years, and just two months after the country was declared free of the disease.
Jul 24, 2014
Paracetamol no better than placebo for lower back pain
Paracetamol is no better than placebo at speeding recovery from acute episodes of lower back pain or improving pain levels, function, sleep, or quality of life, according to the first large randomised trial to compare the ...
Jul 24, 2014
Stronger early reading skills predict higher intelligence later
A new study of identical twins has found that early reading skill might positively affect later intellectual abilities. The study, in the journal Child Development, was conducted by researchers at the University of Edinburgh ...
Jul 24, 2014
Stress tied to change in children's gene expression related to emotion regulation, physical health
Children who have been abused or neglected early in life are at risk for developing both emotional and physical health problems. In a new study, scientists have found that maltreatment affects the way genes are activated, ...
Jul 24, 2014
Community service programs that include reflection found to be more beneficial to youth
Adolescents in some countries and U.S. states are required to perform community service, and many national and nongovernmental agencies promote such service. A new study has found that while community service has broad benefits ...
Jul 24, 2014
