DALLAS — Thomas Duncan, the Liberian national who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died Wednesday at a Dallas hospital, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said. “He fought courageously in this battle,” said Wendell Watson, a hospital spokesman. “Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in the unit, as well as the […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — The family of a teenage girl who was declared “brain dead” by doctors last year following a tonsillectomy and other throat and nasal procedures claims that the child has regained brain activity and seeks a court ruling reversing her declaration of death. As previously reported, the matter centers around 13-year-old Jahi McMath, who underwent […]
DALLAS — Officials in Liberia may prosecute a man who brought the Ebola virus to the United States after he allegedly lied on a questionnaire before boarding a plane out of the country, reports state. Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the board of directors of the Liberia Airport Authority, told reporters this week that Thomas Eric Duncan answered […]
NEW ORLEANS — An appeals court has upheld a Texas law that is expected to result in the closure of most of the state’s abortion facilities, overturning a lower court ruling that found the statute to be unconstitutional. As previously reported, the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights had filed suit earlier this year to challenge […]
WASHINGTON – Officials with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have confirmed that a Liberian man visiting family in America has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus, making it the first diagnosis of the deadly disease on U.S. soil. In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, CDC Director Thomas Frieden explained that the unnamed individual arrived in […]
A number of false Christs have been arising in various nations worldwide, claiming to be the second coming of Jesus. While many are following these self-proclaimed Messiahs, some are speaking out against their cults, being mindful of Christ’s words in Matthew 24:5, “For many shall come in My name, saying, ‘I am Christ,’ and shall […]
Christian groups across the country are angered after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week, which outlines that many Americans are indeed paying for abortion through Obamacare. The report, Health Insurance Exchanges: Coverage of Non-Excepted Abortion Services by Qualified Health Plans, was posted to the organization website on Monday and features extensive information […]
PORTLAND — Officials in Maine are backing down after the governor of the state expressed his support for a teenage mother who has been fighting the agency over a ‘do not resuscitate’ order imposed on her baby. As previously reported, Aleah Peaslee was six months old when her father, Kevin Peaslee, 22, allegedly shook her as […]
WASHINGTONVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to a year to 18 months behind bars for illegally giving abortion pills to her teenage daughter. Jennifer Whalen, 39, of Washingtonville, was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty last month to purchasing the $45 drugs from an online site based in Europe. Whalen’s 16-year-old daughter had become pregnant […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President George W. Bush has struck down key parts of a Texas abortion law that would have closed most of the abortion facilities in the state. HB2, which required abortion facilities to comport with the building, equipment and staffing standards of hospital-style surgical centers, was […]