NASSAWADOX, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was stabbed to death outside a hospital in Northampton County. Media outlets report Northampton County Sheriff David L. Doughty Jr. says 42-year-old Shelli L. Crockett of Keller, Virginia, died after being attacked Monday morning during a domestic dispute in a parking lot outside Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital … Continue reading
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A 7-year-old girl who inserted coins into a toy dispenser at a pizzeria received a plastic capsule filled with medications for blood pressure and kidney stones instead, police said. Rochester police Capt. Jason Thomas said Tuesday, Oct. 26, that the girl put a quarter into the machine for the third time … Continue reading
MARION, Va. (AP) — A new patient is occupying the exam rooms of a Smyth County hospital that hasn’t accepted sick people in years. The patient’s name is SimMan 3G and he has a lot of issues: He bleeds. He goes into shock. He moans in pain. SimMan 3G is a high fidelity simulation mannequin … Continue reading
CROZET, Va. (AP) — A Virginia hospital is apologizing after accidently sending a sympathy card to the family of a woman who’s still alive. WVIR-TV reports that (http://bit.ly/1YjPpOV ) Marilyn Mullins received a card from the chaplain Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital almost a month and a half after her three-day stay there. The card, which … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 960 people have been killed worldwide in attacks on medical facilities in conflicts over the past two years, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday,May 26, that highlighted an alarming disrespect for the protection of health care in war by both governments and armed groups. The study by the … Continue reading
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The head of Michigan’s health agency said Monday, April 25, there was an eight-month gap between when he was made aware of an investigation into a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the Flint area in January 2015 and when the issue rose to his level again around the time the city’s lead-tainted … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — The recipient of the nation’s first uterus transplant said Monday, March 7, that she prayed for years to be able to bear a child, and is grateful to the deceased donor’s family and surgeons who’ve given her that chance. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic said Monday that the 26-year-old woman is recovering … Continue reading
DETROIT (AP) — The head of a Flint hospital that found Legionnaires’ disease bacteria in its water system more than a year ago said he and experts suspected the Flint River was a likely source of the contaminant. Don Kooy, president of McLaren hospital, said he was surprised that Michigan and local health agencies didn’t … Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After making their fortunes from new software or social networks, some Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have vowed to apply their skills to “hacking” philanthropy and “disrupting” old models for funding charity. Not so Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who isn’t afraid to take a more conventional approach to giving. Local officials … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 157 passengers aboard British Airways Flight 2276 were settled into their seats for the 10-hour flight from Las Vegas to London when a loud boom rocked the aircraft. Smoke and ash started pouring out of the plane’s left side engine, which had caught fire. Those aboard safely fled down emergency … Continue reading
DENVER (AP) — Construction crews are returning to work at the veterans hospital outside Denver after a last-minute deal with congressional leaders avoided a shutdown of the half-finished project. But the really heavy lifting will be done 1,500 miles away in Washington. The U.S. Senate agreed Friday to raise the project’s spending cap by $100 … Continue reading
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital says a woman has given birth to five girls in what it believes is the first set of all-female quintuplets born in the U.S. The Woman’s Hospital of Texas says it took four minutes for mother Danielle Busby to deliver the babies by cesarean section Wednesday, April 8. Busby, … Continue reading
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Federal marshals are reviewing their security procedures after an inmate receiving treatment at a northern Virginia hospital overpowered a private guard, took her gun and set off a frenzied nine-hour manhunt. The escape by Wossen Assaye, 42, of Arlington, from Inova Fairfax Hospital prompted questions as to why two guards assigned … Continue reading
by Shane Dawson Imagine this, dancing for 12 hours straight without the ability to sit down. Nearly 150 students are looking to raise over $12,000 to be donated to the Norfolk Children’s Hospital in the heart of Downtown Norfolk. The students at Norfolk State University are looking to make this happen at their 3rd annual … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Navy aircraft will be busy over lower Chesapeake Bay during a search and rescue exercise with the Coast Guard. The exercise Wednesday will include five Navy helicopters and two Hawkeye turboprop aircraft from Naval Station Norfolk. The exercise is intended to sharpen the skills of Navy helicopter crews and to promote coordination … Continue reading
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