1+ week, 1+ day ago   (232+ words) Provincial Schools Account for 78.6% of 383 Medical School Dropouts Last Year Departures Rise Despite Expanded Local-Talent Admissions, Driven by Reapplications to Seoul-Area Schools Eight of every 10 students who dropped out of South Korean medical schools last year were enrolled at schools…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (480+ words) Chinese office workers are opening parasols on their desks and wearing full-face masks at work, saying they want to stop what they call "office aging." Fluorescent lights, harsh office lighting and long hours are bad for skin and eye health,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (419+ words) Spain's Heat Deaths Reach Record High Abnormal Heat and Drought Grip All of Europe Heat Wave to Persist Into September Heat-related deaths in Spain this summer reached the highest level since records began, with people aged 65 and over accounting for…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago   (278+ words) Two workers at Germany's Frankfurt Airport have died after contracting malaria from mosquitoes that arrived on aircraft, health authorities said. ARD television reported on the 29th that six people were recently infected with malaria, two of whom died. The remaining four…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (660+ words) Drowning deaths are surging in France as more people jump into rivers, canals and other waters to escape a record heat wave. More than 300 people have died in just over two months since June, a 14% increase from the same period…...