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The Health Ministry has published a report by the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Reseach which found that children are less susceptible to infection from COVID-19 than adults. In line with its findings, the Institute recommends a gradual return to school. ...

Study: In-flight cell calls pose risk to planes CMU group finds danger increasing You might want to think twice the next time you're tempted to make a call from your cell phone during an airplane flight. Or flip on your portable game player. Or work a spreadsheet on your laptop. Besides possibly annoying fellow travelers and breaking federal regulations, you might be endangering the airplane, according to a Carnegie Mellon University study that quietly monitored transmissions on board a number of flights in the Northeast. The study, by CMU's Department of Engineering and Public Policy, found that the use of...

Genetic susceptibility to West Nile virus 22:00 19 August 02 NewScientist.com news service A genetic mutation might explain why only one fifth of people infected with West Nile virus go on to develop symptoms - and why only one fifth of these people develop a severe, often fatal, brain inflammation, say French researchers. West Nile virus, named after the area in Uganda where it was first detected, is mosquito-borne. It belongs to the family of flaviviruses, which includes dengue and yellow fever. And it is currently sweeping across the US, with the first recorded infection on the west coast reported...