Archive: 16/12/2014
Sierra Leone to search for Ebola cases in capital
Sierra Leone is planning a house-to-house search for hidden Ebola cases in the capital and surrounding areas in an effort to stem the disease's rampant spread, the government said Tuesday.
Dec 16, 2014
Main reason for lifespan variability between races not cause of death
Eliminating health disparities between races is a goal of many groups and organizations, but a team of sociologists suggests that finding the reasons for the differences in the timing of black and white deaths may be trickier ...
Dec 16, 2014
First real-world trial of impact of patient-controlled access to electronic medical records
In the first real-world trial of the impact of patient-controlled access to electronic medical records, almost half of the patients who participated withheld clinically sensitive information in their medical record from some ...
Dec 16, 2014
Cracking the code of brain development
With a unique, multi-faceted approach, researchers at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD) have quantified the effect of previously unidentified anomalies in genetic expression that determine how the human brain ...
Dec 16, 2014
German cull ordered after H5N8 bird flu confirmed
German authorities on Tuesday ordered the cull of thousands of farm animals after a bird flu outbreak was confirmed as the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain.
Dec 16, 2014