• Sudden infant deaths 'tumbling' 婴儿突然死亡率“下降”

    09-08-27 The number of unexplained infant deaths - or cot deaths - has been falling, provisional figures from the Office of National Statistics suggest. 英国国家统计局办公室暂时性的数据显示,无法解释的婴儿死亡(摇篮病)的数量正在下降。 Placing babies on thei...

  • DNA clue to honey bee deaths 蜜蜂死亡DNA线索被发现

    09-08-25 Scientists say that mass bee deaths may be caused by viruses that disrupt gene expression. 科学家称造成蜜蜂大量死亡的原因可能是病毒造成的基因表达分裂。 Multiple viruses may act together to cause colony collapse The team analysed which genes were tur...

  • Iran inmates 'tortured to death' 伊朗囚犯“被折磨致死”

    09-08-14 Iran's defeated opposition presidential candidate has said that some protesters held after last month's disputed poll were tortured to death in prison. 伊朗总统竞选败北的反对党候选人称,上个月具有争议的竞选之时的反抗者有的在监狱中被折磨致死。 Mr Kar...

  • 'Shock' over stroke death rates 中风死亡率“惊人”

    09-08-12 Stroke death rates are three times higher in the poorest areas of England and Wales, a study has shown. 研究显示,英格兰和威尔士贫困地区人们的中风致死率是别的地区的三倍之多。 Stroke services have been made a priority in recent years The audit(查账...

  • Jackson's death was blogosphere's saddest day: study 杰克逊

    09-08-08 Michael Jackson opens a car window to greet fans as he arrives at the venue for the Premium VIP Party with Michael Jackson in Tokyo March 8, 2007. Is it possible to tell how happy we all are? Yes, according to US scientists who have devised a way to...

  • 'Web addict' death investigated 网瘾少年被殴打致死案调查开展

    09-08-07 Chinese officials are investigating the case of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death at a camp designed to treat internet addiction. 中国官员正在调查网瘾少年在网瘾戒除夏令营里被殴打致死案。 Fifteen-year-old Deng Senshan died on Sunday less t...

  • Rehab staff 'killed web addict' 网瘾少年被教师打死

    09-08-06 A Chinese teenager sent to an internet addiction rehabilitation camp has allegedly been beaten to death by its counsellors, according to reports. 报道称,一名中国青少年被送往网瘾戒除夏令营,结果却被辅导员打死。 A number of employees of the Qihang Sa...

  • Second plague death in west China 中国肺鼠疫第二人死亡

    09-08-03 A second man has died of pneumonic plague in a remote part of north-western China where thousands of people have been quarantined. 中国西北部偏远地区肺鼠疫已经造成第二人死亡,数千人被隔离。 The victim was identified by Chinese state media as a neigh...

  • Jackson's doctor is probe target Jackson的医生成为调查对象

    09-07-25 Michael Jackson's personal doctor has been identified as the target of a manslaughter investigation into the singer's death, US court papers say. 美国法院文件称,Michael Jackson的私人医生已经被认定为Jackson之死过失杀人罪的嫌疑人。 Dr Conrad Murray's...

  • Global swine flu deaths top 700 猪流感全球死亡人数达到700

    09-07-22 H1N1 swine flu has killed more than 700 people around the world since the outbreak began four months ago, says the World Health Organization (WHO). 世界卫生组织称,自4个月前爆发以来H1N1猪流感在全球范围内已经导致700人致死。 The virus was first record...