Dropping an ‘unwritten rule’ of having a flight attendant aboard and other changes mean EVAQ, Quebec’s air ambulance service, will now allow parents to accompany their children aboard most flights.
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Cases of rare, polio-like paralysis targeting kids appear in Canada
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported a small surge in cases of a mysterious disease in children. More than 60 cases of the polio-like illness have been confirmed in 22 U.S. states in recent weeks. Now, doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto say they’re seeing cases in Canada.
Rise in cases of rare polio-like illness in U.S. children, officials say
Waves of the mysterious condition that causes muscle weakness seems to appear every other year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health officials warn that a rare polio-like disease affecting children continues to spread, growing to a suspected 127 cases in 22 states
WSB-TV Acute Flaccid Myelitis, a polio-like illness affecting mostly young children, is spreading across the US. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday the number of confirmed and suspected cases has spiked in the last month, with now up to 127 cases in 22 states. AFM affects the nervous system, causing paralysis that […]
5 new Ebola cases confirmed in eastern Congo
The Congolese health ministry on has reported a further five confirmed cases of Ebola in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, blaming the higher-than-normal daily increase on community resistance to disease response efforts.
Monkeypox outbreak: UK Monkeypox outbreak MAPPED – where have cases been reported?
MONKEYPOX cases are currently on the rise, as the UK receives its first two incidences of the potentially deadly infection. Where have Monkeypox cases been reported?
“Get a warrant”—Florida appeals court admonishes cops in two murder cases
Enlarge / A SunCruz Casino ship heads out into the Atlantic Ocean from Port Canaveral for a night of gambling in international waters August 11, 2005 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) A Florida state appellate court has made two recent pro-privacy rulings that take into account a landmark Supreme Court case from […]
Brett Kavanaugh dodged questions about recusing himself from Supreme Court cases on the Russia investigation
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the third day of his Senate confirmation hearings dodged questions about whether he would recuse himself from cases related to the special counsel Robert Mueller or the Russia investigation if they reach the Supreme Court. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey posed the question on Thursday, asking Kavanaugh […]
Measles cases climb sharply in Europe
The number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply in the first six months of 2018, the World Health Organization says.
‘No guarantee, no reassurance’: Police chief can’t say Skripal & Amesbury cases linked
Britain’s counter-terrorism chief Neil Basu says he can’t guarantee authorities will catch those responsible for the nerve agent poisoning of the Skripals and Dawn Sturgess, and is even unable to say if both incidents are linked. Basu, who is national lead for Counter Terrorism Policing, told residents of Amesbury he would “love to be able […]
