State officials in Texas and Mississippi have also halted abortion during the global novel coronavirus outbreak, with both states outlining that orders to cease elective surgeries at this time include those who end the lives of unborn children. On Saturday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order instructing medical facilities to “postpone all surgeries and […]
(The Christian Institute) — A Labor Party member of Parliament has called for a clarification in the law surrounding situations where parents and doctors cannot agree about medical treatments for a child. … In introducing his bill, Bambos Charalambous highlighted Tafida Raqeeb’s case, where doctors of a girl who suffered a traumatic brain injury […]
MADRID — A doctor in Spain says that hospital systems in Madrid are so inundated with coronavirus cases that staff are now making the horrid decision to reserve ventilators for those under 65 because of a lack of sufficient resources. “The situation in Madrid … is absolutely dramatic,” the doctor said in a video recorded […]
PRELIPCA, Romania — A church in Romania recently found a way to still gather together in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak, standing outside and spaced feet apart, singing hymns of praise together. A video, viewed thousands of times on Facebook, shows members of the Biserica Creștină după Evanghelie Sion (Christian Church After the Gospel […]
TULSA, Okla. (WGAL-TV) — A Tulsa pastor with no known underlying health problems is the first person to die from the coronavirus in Oklahoma. Merle Dry, 55, worked for Metro Pentecostal Church for more than 20 years before his death. Metro Pentecostal Church said Dry was in good health before he died. He was fighting […]
EVERETT, Wash. (KOMO) — A mother of six who previously survived cancer died due to an infection from the novel coronavirus. Sundee Rutter lost her husband years ago and worked on her own to provide for her children. She was 42. “We’re pretty devastated,” says Rutter’s friend of 30 years, Jessica Harris. “She beat cancer and […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man born as Richard who now identifies as Rachel, and who has officially led Pennsylvania’s Department of Health as secretary since 2018, is being broadcast on television screens across the commonwealth on a daily basis as he provides regular briefings on the status of COVID-19 in the Keystone state, exhorting residents […]
ITALY — A video posted online shows a family in Italy praising God from their window in the midst of the COVID-19 quarantine, with neighbors coming to their window to listen in or sing along. The three-minute clip, posted to social media, shows several boys standing by an open window with their father as […]
While standing in front of a Marian painting, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church issued a prayer to Mary last week, who he referred to as the “Health of the Sick,” to ask that she deliver the world from COVID-19 through her intercession. On Sunday, he visited the Basilica of St. Mary Major to stand […]
(The Christian Institute) — Academics in Scotland have been criticized for suggesting that legalizing assisted suicide would financially benefit the NHS. Ethicist Dr. David Shaw and healthcare economist Professor Alec Morton say it would be “irresponsible not to consider” the economic costs of denying assisted suicide. Dr. Gordon Macdonald, chief executive of Care Not Killing, […]