NY Times bemoans the Venezuela crisis because Democrats may lose votes
A new article by NY Times writer Patricia Mazzei examines the Venezuela crisis, the efforts of the U.S. to support a more democratic regime, but not in the way you’d expect: Democrats may lose votes. “President More...
Smuggler caught trying to enter JFK airport with 70 live finches hidden in hair rollers
On December 8, 2018, U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists at John F. Kennedy International Airport stopped an arriving passenger on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana. During the course More...
CBS reveals Los Angeles VA facility cancelled, postponed dozens of procedures due to fly infestation
CBS Los Angeles investigative reporter David Goldstein revealed Tuesday that the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center has cancelled or postponed dozens of surgeries due to a fly infestation. The three-month More...
‘Facing Darkness’ returns to cinemas tonight for encore screening
FACING DARKNESS is a new documentary that tells the story of how Samaritan’s Purse raced against time to rescue two of their own team stricken with the deadly Ebola virus. SCREENING TIME: Monday, April 10, 2017; More...
Fathom Events, Samaritan Purse adds ‘Facing Darkness’ encore screening for April 10
FACING DARKNESS is a new documentary that tells the story of how Samaritan’s Purse raced against time to rescue two of their own team stricken with the deadly Ebola virus. The one-night cinema event also includes More...
Fake News: Mike Pence blamed for HIV outbreak, again, by Huffington Post
It’s not fake news that a rural county in Indiana suffered through an HIV outbreak. It’s not fake news that then Indiana Gov. Mike Pence cut funding for Planned Parenthood. There are the facts. It IS More...
Dr. Tom Price: A look at the left’s criticisms
Most of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have drawn ire from the left, but a few of his picks are literally making their heads spin and one of those is the pick for the Department of Health and Human More...
Yemen cholera outbreak tops 10,000
The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has reported new cases of cholera in Yemen. Image/CIA Since the last update on 6 December, 1173 new suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea/ cholera and 3 additional More...
H7N2 avian influenza reported in dozens of cats at Manhattan shelter
The New York City Health Department and the Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) announced that a strain of influenza A virus, known as low pathogenic avian influenza H7N2, has been identified in 45 cats housed at More...
Ebola ‘flare-up’: Last patients discharged, 42-day clock has begun
Liberia’s and Guinea’s last known Ebola patients in a latest flare-up of the disease that hit both countries have now been discharged. All remaining contacts of confirmed cases that were placed under a 3-week More...
Tularemia in the US: Increase in cases, different states hardest hit
During the last decade (2001-2010), their were a total of 1,208 human tularemia cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (an average of 120/year). Public domain image/Jon Sullivan via Wikimedia More...
Brucella outbreak reported in Blagoevgrad district, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency is reporting another outbreak of brucellosis in the southwest of the country, according to a Focus Information Agency report Friday. Officials say the outbreak located in the village More...
Zika confirmed in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has confirmed at least five cases of infection with the mosquito borne virus, Zika virus, in the region of the Caribbean, although they did not specify which countries More...
Dengue fever on Big Island: 19 cases and counting
In a follow-up to the continuing coverage of the outbreak of autochthonous, or locally-acquired dengue fever on the Big Island of Hawaii, the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) reported an additional four cases More...
Nat Geo’s ‘Breakthrough’ kicks off with look at ebola, USAMRID and pandemic risks
Directed and narrated by Peter Berg, National Geographic’s new 6-part mini-series Breakthrough kicks off with The Future of Fighting Pandemics. Breakthrough explores humanity and the ability to innovate through More...
Japanese researchers step forward to Toxoplasma vaccine development
Toxoplasma gondii is a common parasite which causes the development of fatal encephalosis or pneumonia in immunodeficient patients under treatment of AIDS or cancer. Pregnant women who are infected may suffer a More...
Colorado: court battle rages on to end millions in tax payer dollars to Planned Parenthood
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Michael J. Norton will argue Tuesday before the Colorado Court of Appeals against a trial court’s decision that dismissed, on technical grounds, a lawsuit alleging that More...
Philippines measles 2015: Cases and deaths way down compared to 2014
The measles outbreak in the Philippines made world headlines last year many times, especially for imported measles outbreak in Western countries like the US and Canada linked to travelers from the archipelago. Measles More...
ADF targets Planned Parenthood for abortions on minors, hiding rape cases and violations of the law
A report Alliance Defending Freedom issued Thursday catalogs multiple instances of Planned Parenthood performing abortions on sexually abused minors and failing to report the rapes to authorities as required by More...
Pentagon blamed for ‘live anthrax’ shipped all over the globe
New reports are pointing to the Pentagon and “ineffective sterilization methods for killing the deadly bacteria” as reasons for live anthrax shipped to over 192 chemical labs over the past ten years. As More...
