Archive: 24/06/2014
Chikungunya virus spreads to Peru
Peru on Monday reported its first cases of the chikungunya virus, in two people who recently traveled to the Dominican Republic, authorities said.
Jun 24, 2014
Rate of hospitalization for severe heart attacks in China quadruples in 10 years
The rate of hospitalisation for the most serious type of heart attack, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), more than quadrupled in China between 2001 and 2011, according to new research published in The Lancet.
Jun 24, 2014
Doctors to parents: Start reading to kids early
The nation's largest pediatricians' group says parents should read aloud to their children every day starting in infancy.
Jun 24, 2014