This morning around 8 or 9 a.m., Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy was airlifted from the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to Cape Cod Hospital with stroke symptoms. Sources say he spent a couple of hours in the emergency room before being transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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The Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, who was going to lead an investment mission to Israel, Kuwait today, was emergency hospitalized and went emergency surgery canceling her trip.
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) urged residents today to kick off 2008 with a New Year’s resolution that could save their lives in the face of a public health emergency. Emergencies can affect anyone at any time, and having a plan in place and supplies available can make all the difference in coping with the situation.
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Aid workers in the Solomon Islands say survivors of this week's tsunami are facing growing health risks as a lack of resources hampers relief efforts. At least 34 people were killed when a magnitude 8.0 earthquake sent giant waves crashing into the isolated western region of the South Pacific archipelago on Monday.
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The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced today that it will provide $250,000 for emergency grants to the Philippine National Red Cross Society and other humanitarian organizations working in the area affected by Typhoon Durian (also know as Typhoon Reming). This assistance will help support relief commodities, basic livelihood assistance, road clearing and debris removal.
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The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced today that it is providing $100,000 to the Kenyan Red Cross Society to support emergency relief assistance to hard-hit flood victims in affected areas of Kenya.
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In response to the floods caused by heavy rains in Panama, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided approximately $107,000 for the purchase and transport of emergency relief supplies.
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