[Source: Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter] – Children given acetaminophen during the first year of life to reduce fever are more likely to develop asthma later on, a new study finds.These children are also more likely to develop rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema…

[Source: Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star] – For the first time in its history, University Medical Center is being honored as one of the top five teaching hospitals in the nation. Officials with the local hospital are scheduled to receive…

Maximum award: an all-expense-paid five-day program in July 2009.  Eligibility: third- through fifth-grade teachers in the United States. Deadline: Oct. 31, 2008.

The Weather Channel is looking for 20 outstanding students to be eco-ambassadors for its Forecast Earth Summit, Dec. 5-7. Contestants must submit an essay describing their love for our planet and what they have done to keep it clean and…

The Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation grants support curricula that empower and encourage students to help solve environmental and social problems through basic ecological principles. Maximum award: $1,500. Eligibility: schools, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and other organizations (including international applicants).

Now through March 15, 2009, middle school students can “go green” and team up for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, the first and only national K-12 sustainability education initiative aligned to education standards. Prizes for students and…

[Source: Deborah Daun, BIO5 Insitute, UA] – University of Arizona researchers are among those who have discovered a source of previously scarce small RNA molecules. Their finding, which was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,…