WHO reports major decline in global drowning deaths since 2000
The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes its first-ever report on drowning prevention, which reveals a 38% drop in the global ...
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H5N1 avian influenza found in stranded harbor porpoise
In a recent study published in the United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal Emerging Infectious ...
Breathable underwater movement sensor could help monitor swimmers' safety
Many flexible fitness trackers can't be submerged in water because the coatings required to completely seal these devices would make ...
Headed Back to the Water? Keep Swim Safety in Mind
June 30, 2022 – Six-year-old Grant Brown was not a strong swimmer. His mother told counselors that when she dropped ...
New model rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells and identifies mutations that drive tumor growth
Cancer cells can have thousands of mutations in their DNA. However, only a handful of those actually drive the progression ...
Gone in an Instant: The Tragedy of Child Drownings
On a summer morning in 2013, Jeffrey Brown dropped off his 6-year-old son, Grant, at a local summer camp in ...
