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U.S. military flights of Haiti injured to restart

The White House said Sunday that military flights of critically injured Haitians will resume soon after assurances were given that hospitals have the capacity to deal with them.
 

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Baptist group denies trafficking in Haitian kids

The director of the charity now watching 33 Haitian children that a church group had tried to leave Haiti with tells NBC that one child says she still has parents.
 

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

‘Women-only’ aid handed out in Haiti

Relief workers in Haiti began handing out women-only food coupons to help ensure that families and the weak get supplies following the country’s devastating earthquake.
 

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

NYT: Cost dispute halts airlift of Haiti victims

The U.S. has suspended its medical evacuations of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims until a dispute over who will pay for their care is settled, military officials said.
 

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

Haitian families start own rebuilding

Defying government pleas to wait for Haiti’s reconstruction, families are starting to do the unthinkable: build new homes on top of old ones devastated in the earthquake.
 

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

IKF’s Wonderfund(TM) Needs Support for Haiti’s Children

MIAMI, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — The IKF’s (International Kids Fund) Wonderfund™ has established an emergency fund for Haiti’s Children called the “Haiti’s Children Fund.”  It will support young Haitian earthquake victims expected to arrive at…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |
 

America’s Pharmaceutical Research Companies Donate $25 Million to Relief Efforts in Haiti; More Help Coming

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the need for health care assistance mounts after the recent catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies continue to provide help.  So far, more t…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

America’s Pharmaceutical Research Companies Donate $25 Million to Relief Efforts in Haiti; More Help Coming

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the need for health care assistance mounts after the recent catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies continue to provide help.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

The Nutro Company Makes Donation to Search Dog Foundation in Response to Haiti Disaster Efforts

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — As search and rescue teams return home from Haiti this week, The Nutro Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated, today announced a $50,000 donation to the Search Dog Foundation (SDF).

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |

Penn Medicine Team One Heads to Haiti

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — At approximately 2:30 pm on Monday, January 25th “Penn Medicine Team One” — the first medical team from Penn Medicine to fly to Haiti to provide expert medical care — departed from the Philadelphia Int…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Health |