The Czech government on Tuesday approved the first easing of its tight lockdown in one of the European Union’s hardest-hit countries, allowing at least some children to return to school. “It’s not a full relaxation,” Health Minister Jan Blatny said. “The situation hasn’t been ideal yet.” Starting Monday, people in the Czech Republic will be […]
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Texas boy, 2, partially scalped after being dragged under car
Toddler’s scalp is partially ripped off after family friend runs over him A 2-year-old Texas boy had his scalp partially ripped off after a family friend accidentally reversed over him in his parents’ driveway. A toddler is lucky to be alive after he was dragged for 35 feet beneath a reversing car while playing outside […]
Novel drug therapy partially restores hearing in mice
A small-molecule drug is the first to preserve hearing in a mouse model of an inherited form of progressive human deafness, report investigators at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The study, which appears online in Cell, sheds light on […]