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October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

JUST as the cataclysmic conflict of the Great War was in its death throes, a new killer emerged that would, on a global scale, be even more lethal - the Spanish Flu pandemic, which was at its most virulent in October and November 1918.

24 Sep 2018

Greater awareness of science can help public overcome fear of vaccines

The increasing distrust in vaccinations has triggered an extensive scientific and public debate over whether or not it is useful, safe and ethical to vaccinate children today.

24 Sep 2018

New research suggests power of zebrafish as tool for cancer drug discovery

The lab of Leonard Zon, MD, at Boston Children's Hospital has long been interested in making blood stem cells in quantity for therapeutic purposes.

24 Sep 2018

New Zealand teenagers less fit than previous generation, finds study

New Zealand teenagers are less fit and weigh more than their parents were at the same age, new University of Otago research reveals.

24 Sep 2018

Vaping among kids and teens a growing concern

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expressed concerns about rising incidence of vaping or smoking e-cigarettes among underage students and teenagers.

23 Sep 2018

Old letters provide insight into Spanish flu pandemic horror

An archive of letters written by those who survived the Spanish flu pandemic at the start of the last century shows what it was actually like to live during that time. The Spanish flu pandemic killed over 250,000 people in Britain alone and worldwide it wiped out a population of over 100 million.

23 Sep 2018

Decision aids for parents of children with minor head injuries help communicate with physicians

A series of illustrations and charts designed as decision aids for parents of children with minor head injuries helped them communicate with emergency medicine physicians and make informed decisions about their child's care, according to a study that will appear Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.

21 Sep 2018

EFS checklist provides user-friendly tool for evaluating feeding skills in preterm infants

Infants born prematurely face challenges in developing the complex, interrelated skills needed for effective feeding.

21 Sep 2018

Researchers identify new genetic disorder in a human patient

Researchers from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and physicians from Spectrum Health have identified for the first time in a human patient a genetic disorder only previously described in animal models.

21 Sep 2018

Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk, finds study

Babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula, a study has found.

21 Sep 2018

New study shows how Ethiopia has managed to achieve extraordinary progress

Ethiopia is one of the world's least developed states. Yet for the past two decades the country has been making extraordinary progress.

21 Sep 2018

Removing tobacco product display from shops reduced number of children buying cigarettes

Removing displays of tobacco products from shops may have reduced the proportion of children buying cigarettes by 17 percent, according to new research from Imperial College London.

21 Sep 2018

Researchers demonstrate pre-clinical success for universal flu vaccine in new paper

Researchers from the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology have demonstrated pre-clinical success for a universal flu vaccine in a new paper published in Nature Communications.

21 Sep 2018

Novel system uses AI to detect abnormalities in fetal hearts

A research group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project have developed a novel system that can automatically detect abnormalities in fetal hearts in real-time using artificial intelligence.

21 Sep 2018

Researchers find that sample size is key factor determining accuracy of study results

The accuracy and reproducibility of research studies are a major concern of the scientific community. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have examined this problem in the field of multisensory integration to understand how it affects both basic research and the development of therapies.

21 Sep 2018

Study offers solid link between visceral organs and brain’s reward, motivation system

A novel gut-to-brain neural circuit establishes the vagus nerve as an essential component of the brain system that regulates reward and motivation, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published September 20 in the journal Cell.

21 Sep 2018

Research finds drop in number of measles cases in the EU/EEA since March 2018

During the month of July, a total of 758 cases of measles were reported across seventeen countries in the EU/EEA, which is a decrease from the 1054 cases reported during the month of June.

21 Sep 2018

Body organs undergo structural changes in response to diet

Body organs such as the intestine and ovaries undergo structural changes in response to dietary nutrients that can have lasting impacts on metabolism, as well as cancer susceptibility, according to Carnegie's Rebecca Obniski, Matthew Sieber, and Allan Spradling.

20 Sep 2018

Cobalt mining in DR Congo takes a high toll on both creuseurs and environment

In past years, the demand for cobalt has been on the increase due to its many applications. For one thing, the metal is a crucial component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for smartphones and electric cars.

20 Sep 2018

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

An international research team, led by scientists from the German Primate Center, the Robert Koch Institute, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, McGill University, Masaryk University, the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, has successfully recovered genomes of the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis and yaws in humans, from wild nonhuman primate populations across sub-Saharan Africa.

20 Sep 2018

Children News and Research

October 1918 marks the centenary of Spanish Flu that claimed more lives than World War I

Greater awareness of science can help public overcome fear of vaccines

New research suggests power of zebrafish as tool for cancer drug discovery

New Zealand teenagers less fit than previous generation, finds study

Vaping among kids and teens a growing concern

Old letters provide insight into Spanish flu pandemic horror

Decision aids for parents of children with minor head injuries help communicate with physicians

EFS checklist provides user-friendly tool for evaluating feeding skills in preterm infants

Researchers identify new genetic disorder in a human patient

Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk, finds study

New study shows how Ethiopia has managed to achieve extraordinary progress

Removing tobacco product display from shops reduced number of children buying cigarettes

Researchers demonstrate pre-clinical success for universal flu vaccine in new paper

Novel system uses AI to detect abnormalities in fetal hearts

Researchers find that sample size is key factor determining accuracy of study results

Study offers solid link between visceral organs and brain’s reward, motivation system

Research finds drop in number of measles cases in the EU/EEA since March 2018

Body organs undergo structural changes in response to diet

Cobalt mining in DR Congo takes a high toll on both creuseurs and environment

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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