Edgecombe County deputies had to use crowd control substances to stop a fight at a high school basketball game Friday night, according to the Edgecombe County Public Schools Superintendent Andy Bryan.

Nairobi — President William Ruto has assented to the Births and Registration (Amendment) Bill 2024 that aims to modernize birth registration processes, enhancing efficiency, accessibility, and ...

Researchers conducted a multicentre cluster-randomised trial including 1092 individuals from 294 households, which initially involved 16 French paediatric dermatology departments and was later ...

This randomized trial found that insect-repellent wraps could help provide protection before children develop vaccine-induced immunity. Clinical malaria incidence was 66% lower in Ugandan children who ...

Everything you need to know about permethrin: where to buy it, how to apply it safely, and why it’s essential for keeping gear insect-free outdoors. #Permethrin #OutdoorGear #BugProtection 'Bait and ...

Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps to assess whether treating the ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 5, 2025) A study in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry finds permethrin, a commonly used synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, to be disruptive to the gut microbiome, ...