Tetanus vaccination campaign kicks off in Haiti
In an effort to protect 1.2 million women of childbearing age and more than 240,000 babies born each year from tetanus and neonatal tetanus, respectively, Haiti today kicked off a new campaign to vaccinate women More...
Nebraska churches set aside denomination to feed kids in Haiti with Feed My Starving Children MobilePack project
Volunteers from several Kearney, Nebraska churches will work this weekend to join forces to pack one-half million meals that will be sent to Haiti to feed kids as part of the Feed My Starving Children MobilePack More...
The CDC advises ‘practicing usual precautions’ to prevent cholera if traveling to Hispaniola
The cholera outbreaks in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have been ongoing since the fall of 2010 resulting in thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of cases, according to a CDC travel notice today. Image/CIA In More...
CDC issues outbreak notice for travelers to Haiti
The ongoing cholera outbreak that began in over two years ago on the Caribbean nation of Haiti has exceeded 600,000 cases since the epidemic started, prompting the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) More...
Haiti cholera outbreak going on 2 years, over 500,000 cases reported to date
Haiti Image/CIA The cholera outbreak which began in October 2010, is still ongoing on the Caribbean island of Haiti, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) still advises travelers to the More...
Tropical Storm Emily may hit Florida by the weekend
A tropical storm that could be headed for Florida has has stalled south of Puerto Rico. The forecast predicts that Tropical Storm Emily is making its path toward Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, warning of possible More...
