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(Public Library of Science) Newborns in Brazil are more susceptible to toxoplasmosis than those in Europe, according to a recent study.

Researchers based in Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom studied the disease's ocular effects in children from birth to four years of age.

Details are published Aug. 13 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

(RAND Corporation) California children who have the most to gain from preschool frequently are those least likely to participate in the programs, according to a new study.

Researchers found that more than half of the state's preschoolers attend center-based early care and education programs, but the quality of those preschools is mixed.