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At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, police said on Monday, as torrential rains and floods battered the country.Late last year, more than 300 people died in rains and floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, just as the region was trying to recover from its worst drought in four decades that left millions of people hungry.

Objectives: Ski and snowboard-related injuries are common among Canadian youth. Analyzing the role of risky behaviours that contribute to injury risk is essential for gaining an understanding of injury prevention opportunities. The objective was to determine if rates of risky behaviour seen at the ski hill were lower for children and adolescents exposed to an educational injury prevention video. Methods: This single-blinded cluster randomized controlled trial included students (ages 7-16) from 1...

The Young and the Restless (Y&R) spoilers for the week of July 3-7 reveal that Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) will have to make some tough decisions

The cause of banking crises since the debacle in the 1980s remains unchanged. Incentives encourage executives to take excessive risks, with few consequences if bets turn bad. It’s happening again.

The cause of banking crises since the S&L debacle in the 1980s remains unchanged. Incentives encourage executives to take excessive risks, with few consequences if bets turn bad. It’s happening again.

The risk of dying changes over the course of a lifetime. Very high at birth, it falls and then gradually rises again… except for a peak after adolescence. Why such a statistical anomaly?

Around 100 schools from Delhi-NCR will be included in a pilot project aimed at developing evidence-based interventions for preventing road traffic injuries among the adolescent and youth.Three cities have been included in the pilot project -- ...

A woman is found inside a spider monkey enclosure at The El Paso Zoo in Texas, America.