Emergency rooms in communities with indoor smoking bans reported a 17 percent decrease in the number of children needing care for asthma attacks, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine. The study, led by pediatric allergy expert Christina Ciaccio, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago, examined 20 metropolitan […]
Do you have kids or students craving online games? Then NOAA’s Planet Arcade is the perfect place for today’s young gamers to experience the world of science through gaming, especially over the holidays and school breaks. The arcade is a portal to 26 educational games and interactive activities — all focused on ocean science and […]
A 24-year-old Chattanooga, Tennessee bus driver, Johnthony Walker, has been arrested and charged with five counts of vehicular homicide after an accident that took the lives of at least five elementary school children on Monday, Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher said in a late night press conference. According to the Chattanooga police, Walker was traveling “well above […]
After a 10 hour SERT-involved standoff in Klawock, a 27-year-old man from that community was taken into custody Tuesday night for the murder of his girlfriend. More than a week earlier, on July 31st, the remains of 27-year-old Judylee Guthrie were found in a wooded area near Klawock. Her body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s […]