DR Congo on Sunday announced a "resurgence" of Ebola in the country's troubled east after a woman died of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of a previous epidemic.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/MS Society of Canada February 07, 2021 - 12:30 PM A Kelowna blogger and dad to three kids with special needs has been selected as national ambassador for the MS Read-a-Thon which is happening until the end of February. Dale Allen Berg was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2019 two months after his youngest son was diagnosed with autism and only days after his two-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Rett Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that will likely leave her without the ability to talk or walk for the rest of her life, according to an MS Society of Canada news release.
One in a million: Race to save University of Auckland lecturer
6 Feb, 2021 02:00 AM
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Vanessa Enriquez Raido - who is battling a one in a million life-threatening disease - with her partner Diego Camiruaga at Auckland Hospital. Photo / Dean Purcell
Vanessa Enriquez Raido - who is battling a one in a million life-threatening disease - with her partner Diego Camiruaga at Auckland Hospital. Photo / Dean Purcell
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
A University of Auckland lecturer fighting a one-in-a-million disease has to find up to $100,000 a month to stay alive.
Published February 05. 2021 7:00PM | Updated February 05. 2021 10:23PM
Groton Groton school officials said they learned Friday that members of Charles Barnum Elementary School and Fitch High School tested positive for COVID-19.
Superintendent Susan Austin said in a notification to parents, guardians and staff that there were no contacts in the schools. The people have been told to isolate at home according to public health guidelines.
School officials also learned Thursday evening that a member of the Mary Morrisson Elementary School community tested positive for COVID-19 and learned Thursday that a member of the Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School community tested positive, she wrote in two other notifications.
Heart attack survivor shares story on Wear Red Day
Heart disease survivor By Jasmine Ramirez | February 5, 2021 at 5:12 PM MST - Updated February 5 at 5:29 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - February is American Heart month and Feb. 5 is Wear Red Day for heart disease awareness. Despite the pandemic, heart disease remains the number one killer of women, according to the American Heart Association. A Tucson woman, who is a heart attack survivor, hopes women will learn from her near-death experience.
“It was very scary. My dad had heart disease, so I saw what that looked like. It was unbelievable and unimaginable that it was happening to me,” said Charlene Grabowski.