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New products and solutions at PrevenRio 2014
The most important technologies about rescue and emergency have been exposed in Brazil, at the PrevenRio Expo in Rio de Janeiro. Professionals and international buyers had a direct touch with research and development of new products,…
Ebola cases confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo: MSF sends specialists
Kinshasa, 26 August 2014 - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a response to the confirmed Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
India: temple stampede kills 10 pilgrims
At least 10 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival in central India, local officials say. Rope barriers set up to contain thousands of Hindu pilgrims during parikrama of Kamadgiri hill gave way on Monday morning,…
California: Napa Valley hitted by a 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake
(SKY) - A massive clean-up operation is underway after a powerful earthquake rocked California's scenic Napa Valley wine country, leaving more than 130 injured. The 6.0-magnitude quake struck early on Sunday morning - the strongest tremor…
TIME: 1,400 Are Dead From Ebola and We Need Help, Says Doctors Without Borders
(TIME) - Entire families are being wiped out. Health workers are dying by the dozens. The Ebola outbreak raging in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has already killed more people than any other in history, and it continues to spread…
Four italian military pilot dies after jet colliding near Ascoli Piceno
(THE AVIONIST)Two Italian Air Force Tornado jets crashed after colliding midair in central east Italy. While search of the four missing pilots continues, here are two images taken moments after the aircraft collided. Two rescue helicopters…
US Ebola Patient Will Be Released after receiving an experimental drug treatment
Dr. Kent Brantly, an American who contracted Ebola while working at a missionary hospital in Liberia, is being released today after receiving an experimental drug treatment for the disease. One of two aid workers flown back from Liberia to…
Death toll from landslide near Hiroshima, Japan, rises to 27
A big landslide hit Hiroshima, Japan. A torrent of mud and rock in the early wednesday kills 27. Police and rescue workers look for survivors at site.
"A few people were washed away and it is hard to know exactly how many are unaccounted…
India floods warning continue in many districts of Uttar Pradesh
(NEW DELHI) - Many districts in Uttar Pradesh continued to be in an 'unprecedented flood situation' on Tuesday with the river Rapti in Balrampur maintaining an alarming level. Hundreds of villages in Balrampur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur and…
Ebola: Health workers continue to risk own lives to save others
(SOURCE: AMERICARES) - As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa intensifies and spreads, pushing the death toll over 1,000, AmeriCares is sending emergency medical aid to Sierra Leone and Liberia, including personal protective equipment for…