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Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System, after conducting a study recommended that parents must limit the public exposure of their kid’s photos and stories on social media.

According to Headlines and Global News, researchers of the study said that ‘Sharenting’ can cause more harm than good.

The study researchers said that most kids already have a presence in social media created by their parents by the time they grow old enough to use social media themselves.

Nowadays it has become a norm to share every detail of one’s life and children on the social media either to gain support in challenging times or for sharing joyous moments.

Researchers said that they are trying to study the issue in details to know and better understand its pros and cons.

A new study has revealed that severe form of malaria proves fatal in children when brain swelling occurs. Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by parasitic (a group of single-celled microorganism), which is spread by mosquito. Its symptoms include fever, fatigue, vomiting and headaches.

In severe cases, it causes coma or death. The disease is transmitted by the bite of female mosquito and the symptoms begin ten to fifteen days after the bite.

The bite of female mosquito is a major killer in the tropics. There were 198 million cases of malaria in 2013 worldwide and about 500,000 people, mostly children, died in Africa due to the disease.

On Wednesday, vice-chairman of China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) said that the comprehensive association with the mission of promoting international economic research will work together Paulson Institute of the United States to fight air pollution.

Henry Paulson, former United State Secretary of the Treasury and current chairman of the Paulson Institute, visited Baoding in Hebei Province to know about air pollution in the city. During the visit, Paulson said, “The Paulson Institute has been committed to promoting Sino-U.S. ties in the fields of economics and environmental protection and hopes to provide as much assistance as it can to the air pollution efforts in Hebei”.

Last year, Bryan Sykes, genetics professor at Oxford, discovered that hair samples that he and his team analyzed were not of Yeti or Abominable Snowman in the Himalayas. After that, Sykes said that the samples belonged to an extinct species of Polar bear. Now, a group of scientists have re-analyzed the hair samples and found that the samples do not belong to any extinct species of bear.

Eliecer Gutierrez, a scholar of the Smithsonian Institution, and Ronald Pine, from the University of Kansas and a researcher of the new study, said Sykes' claims were not true. While talking to NBC News, they said that after re-analyzing the hair samples, they discovered the samples belonged to brown bear that lives in Himalayan.

An announcement has been made by Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock that he is resigning. Congressman Schock, still in his early 30s resigned after a month long cascade of revelations regarding his business deals and his lavish spending from overseas travel to office decor in the style of Downton Abbey.

Schock said that he took the decision with a heavy heart. Schock also said that serving the people of the 18th District is the highest and greatest honor for him. "But the constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction that has made it too difficult for me to serve the people of the 18th District with the high standards that they deserve and which I have set for myself", added Schock.

According to the Stockton Police Department, three people have been killed during an apparent drive-by shooting at a corner store in Northern California. As per Stockton Police spokesman Joseph Silva, two women and a man were killed in the shooting that took place on Tuesday night. Identities of three have not been disclosed yet.

Joseph Silva also informed that one person died on the spot and other two died while undergoing emergency treatment at a local hospital. The other four people were also injured and were taken to the hospital. It is expected that the injured ones will survive.