Haiti: might the earthquake worsen TB rates?
Prior to the earthquake of January 12th 2010, Haiti had experienced the highest TB notification rate in the Latin America and Caribbean region. In a forthcoming editorial in Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, Kevin Schwartzman and colleagues from the McGill University Health Centre (Montreal, Canada) discuss whether the devastation of Haiti six months ago will lead to an unavoidable increase …
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Haiti: might the earthquake worsen TB rates?
Small Earthquake Strikes Northern Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake shook residents of west Reno Monday afternoon. The United States Geological Survey reports that the earthquake struck about 9 miles southwest of Reno at a depth of 7.6 miles at 12:18pm.
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Small Earthquake Strikes Northern Nevada
Earthquake victim helps Haitian rescuers
Twenty-five-year-old Christa Brelsford, who grew up in Anchorage, was in Haiti on a two-week volunteer trip when the earthquake that injured and killed hundreds of thousands of people struck on Jan. 12.
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Earthquake west of Star Valley — Star Valley Independent
Star Valley’s local paper for over 100 years! An earthquake occurred at 3:25 a.m. Friday, June 18, west of Auburn, Wyoming. According to the U.S. Geological Survey based at the University of Utah Seismograph Station, the earthquake was based five miles southwest of Auburn at a depth of three miles.
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Earthquake west of Star Valley — Star Valley Independent
Earthquake-surviving pig "celebrates" rebirth on 2nd anniversary of rescue
A pig who miraculously survived the devastating earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan Province in 2008 was treated to a birthday cake and a reunion with its former owners Thursday — exactly two years after it was pulled out of the earthquake rubble. The pig’s former owners, Wan Xingming and his wife Liu Dahui, attended the celebration with soldiers from the Chengdu Military Area Command, who …
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Earthquake-surviving pig "celebrates" rebirth on 2nd anniversary of rescue
Aid projects revive Java villages hit by quake
Before she lost her house in the earthquake that killed more than 5000 people on Java’s south-central coast in 2006, Timbul described herself as a batik labourer.
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Aid projects revive Java villages hit by quake
Mass held in Boston for victims of Haiti earthquake
Two Boston churches held a memorial Mass Saturday for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. It was held at St. Matthew’s Church in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood
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Where the Haiti earthquake is on everyone’s minds
Among the tens of thousands of Haitians in Brooklyn, the earthquake remains the top story, every day. read more
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Where the Haiti earthquake is on everyone’s minds
Earthquake in Haiti More>>
GENEVA (AP) – Haiti is still struggling to provide homes, sanitation and basic health care to hundreds of thousands affected by the earthquake four months ago, the country’s top Red Cross official said Thursday.
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Haiti Earthquake Victim Gets New Leg On L.I.
A 10-year-old girl is learning to walk again after suffering the horror of the earthquake in Haiti. She lost one of her legs
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Haiti Earthquake Victim Gets New Leg On L.I.