Umbilical cord care may save infants’ lives
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Cleaning umbilical cord stumps with a cheap antiseptic can dramatically reduce newborn deaths in poor countries. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2011 6:01 - 0 Comments
Deadly crash: Canadian drivers less likely drunk
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Fatal motor vehicle crashes in the United States are much less likely to involve alcohol if the driver carries a Canadian license rather than a U.S. or Mexican license. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 18, 2011 10:18 - 2 Comments
Warming may spark killer heat waves
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Hundreds to thousands more city residents could die by the end of the century because of longer, more frequent heat waves brought on by global climate change. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 2, 2010 10:56 - 2 Comments
West Nile likely traveled by mosquito, not bird
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Mosquitoes, not birds as previously thought, may be to blame for West Nile virus’s rapid westward spread across the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 24, 2009 11:42 - 3 Comments
Brain benefit for seniors who volunteer
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Older adults who tutored children or took part in some other form of volunteer service were able to delay or even reverse declining brain function, a new study finds. (more…)
