Archive: 15/09/2015
Michigan resident diagnosed with plague, state's first case
Michigan health officials say they have confirmed the first ever case of the plague in a Michigan resident.
Sep 15, 2015
Sierra Leone quarantines 700 after new Ebola death
Health authorities in Sierra Leone said Tuesday they had quarantined almost 700 people as they battled to contain a new outbreak of Ebola which killed a 16-year-old girl.
Sep 15, 2015
Additional time spent outdoors by children results in decreased rate of nearsightedness
The addition of a daily outdoor activity class at school for three years for children in Guangzhou, China, resulted in a reduction in the rate of myopia (nearsightedness, the ability to see close objects more clearly than ...
Sep 15, 2015
Sex differences in academic faculty rank, institutional support for biomedical research
Women are less likely than men to be full professors at U.S. medical schools, and receive less start-up support from their institutions for biomedical research, according to two studies in the September 15 issue of JAMA.
Sep 15, 2015