Honduras has declared a state of emergency due to an outbreak of dengue fever that has already killed 16 people.
The disease, which causes high fever and joint pains, has been confirmed in over 12,000 people. Doctors say that in more than 1,800 cases there is a real risk of internal bleeding and death. Continue reading
At least 10 people are dead after a series of bombings in Kano, Nigeria, the largest city in the northern part of the country. The blasts targeted a Christian neighborhood that has previously been attacked by the Islamic terror group Boko Haram. Continue reading
A bombing at a market in northern Pakistan has killed at least 57 people and left more than 150 injured.
A teenage boy yelled “God is great” moments before the second of the two explosions according to witnesses. Continue reading
Chinese state media has raised the death toll from Monday’s dual earthquakes to 94.
Hundreds are injured and the death toll is likely to rise as rescuers reach some of the more remote parts of the Gansu province. The majority of the deaths are reported to be residents of Dingxi city within Gansu. Continue reading
Credit Gary Jeanfaivre with the Newtown Patch
Evil struck Newtown, Connecticut this morning.
A gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, before turning the gun on himself in the second worst school shooting in United States history.
Adam Lanza, 20, shot and killed his mother at their home in Newtown before going to the school and killing all the students in his mother’s kindergarten class. In addition to the children, Lanza killed the principal and five other adults. Continue reading
The official death toll from super storm Sandy is now 88 in the U.S. with almost half of those deaths in New York City. Many others remain missing and are feared dead including several children.
The death toll in the United States alone has surpassed the storm’s death toll from the rest of the world impacted by the storm. The death toll jumped overnight as 15 bodies were found in Staten Island as responders are just starting to work their way through the devastation. Continue reading
The outbreak of West Nile Virus in the United States continues to set records as infections reported to the CDC skyrocket.
Arkansas health officials have reported that 5 people have died from the virus this year. In addition, officials confirm that 43 people have been infected by the virus this year in the state. By comparison, there was only one case of West Nile Virus in Arkansas last year and no deaths. Continue reading
Civilian casualities in Idlib and Hama have dramatically risen according to Amnesty International’s report that government forces are indiscriminately firing missiles and making air strikes into civilians neighborhoods.
The Amnesty International report says that the international community has not seen the war crimes happening in the two provinces because media outlets have been focused on the fighting in the larger cities of Damascus and Aleppo. Continue reading
A 24-year-old woman died from injuries she received getting an abortion at a Chicago Planned Parenthood Clinic.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Tonya Reaves death was caused by hemorrhage and ruled an “accident” by the Cook County Medical Examiner. The abortion was listed as a contributing factor in the death. Continue reading
A mystery disease that has killed 61 of 62 children diagnosed with the illness has baffled Cambodian health officials.
The only thing health officials and World Health Organization staff has determined is that it’s very unlikely the disease is transmitted from person to person. All of the victims were under 10 years old. They first had a high fever and then neurological and respiratory problems progressed quickly after the fever. Continue reading
