shut down indefinitely.”

A similar scene played out in Kathmandu, Nepal, where masked passengers were greeted with large, illustrated signs imploring them to visit the health desk if they have symptoms including high fever, muscle pain, headaches or hemorrhaging.

Health experts said Thursday there’s significant evidence the virus is spreading among people in China and were concerned that in other countries — including the United States, France, Japan, Germany, Canada, South Korea and Vietnam — where there have also been isolated cases of human-to-human transmission. The new virus comes from a large family of coronaviruses , some of which cause nothing worse than a cold.

Airplane cleaners are taking extra precautions. When a plane lands with a passenger showing suspicious symptoms, the cleaning crew will put on face shields, goggles andMar 7, 2012

Mom’s Voice May Improve the Health of Premature Babies

When babies are born prematurely, they are thrust
into a hospital environment that while highly successful at saving their lives,
is not exactly the same as the mother's womb where ideal development
occurs. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is equipped with highly
skilled care givers and incubators that regulate temperature and humidity, but
Amir Lahav, ScD, PhD, director of the Neonatal Research Lab at Brigham and
Women's Hospital (BWH) thought that something was missing - simulation of the
maternal sounds that a baby would hear in the womb. Now, new research conducted
by Lahav and colleagues links exposure to an audio recording of mom's heartbeat
and her voice to lower incidence of cardiorespiratory
events in preterm infants. This research is published online in The
Journal of Maternal-Fetal and