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Psychology Professor Mireille Cyr has adapted an interview protocol from the National Institute of Child health and Human Development (NICHD) that will enable child victims of sexual abuse to provide better testimony in Quebec courts. "This guide is based 30 years of research on how to best evoke memory in children," says Cyr.

Scientists in Germany have discovered why the medication thalidomide appeared safe in animal tests before going on the market 50 years ago, only to cause perhaps the most extensive outbreak of drug-induced birth defects in medical history. Their study is scheduled for the December 1 edition of ACS' Molecular Pharmaceutics, a bimonthly journal.

Every day, 72 children in Europe die from domestic accidents, the equivalent to 3 per hour. In the UK alone, it is estimated that 1/3 of all accidental death happen in the homes. The causes of these deaths are all too familiar: electrocution/motor accidents (34%), drowning (13%), poisoning (5%), falls (4%) are the most common. Most of these according to the World health Organization are perfectly avoidable.

Nebraska is one of 13 states to receive a grant from the health Resources and Services Administration to promote healthy births. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services will receive $1 million over two years for the First-time Motherhood/New Parent Initiative. "Getting to a doctor and getting health information can be significant barriers to young women of low income," said Dr. Joann Schaefer, the state's Chief Medical Officer.

Todd Landry, director of the Division of Children and Family Services for the Department of health and Human Services, said a 15-year-old girl from Douglas County was left at Immanuel hospital in Omaha through LB 157, Nebraska's "safe haven" law, late yesterday afternoon (Nov. 3). Landry said the girl's legal guardian left her at the hospital. This is the 19th instance of use of LB 157 and the 27th child left at a hospital under the law since September 13.

Delaware Division of Public health (DPH) today re-issued declarations of shortage for three vaccines that do not contain thimerosal as a preservative. The declarations are effective for 12 months from the date of signature. Jaime H. Rivera, MD, DPH director, signed the three declarations pursuant to House Bill 108, which the Delaware General Assembly passed in 2005 and amended in June 2007.

DOH has released Infant Mortality Rates for 2006 and updates to the Citywide Infant Mortality Action Plan*. There has been an overall declining trend in the infant mortality rate over the past ten years from 1997 to 2006.

Scientists have identified the first gene that is associated with a common childhood language disorder, known as specific language impairment (SLI). The gene - CNTNAP2 - has also been recently implicated in autism, and could represent a crucial genetic link between the two disorders.

Existing N.J.A.C. 8:43F establishes Standards for Licensure of Adult and Pediatric Day health Services Facilities. Existing N.J.A.C. 8:86 establishes standards for Medicaid clinical eligibility for Adult and Pediatric Day Health Services. The Department is proposing amendments, repeals, and new rules to separate the standards for adult facilities from pediatric facilities by limiting the applicability of N.J.A.C. 8:43F and 8:86 to adult facilities exclusively, and by establishing new N.J.

California's Proposition 4 -- which would require health care providers to notify a minor's parent or legal guardian at least 48 hours before providing abortion services to the minor -- was failing 52% to 48%, with 94% of precincts reporting Wednesday morning, CNN.com reports. CNN.