Chimp attack victim receives third US face transplant
Charla Nash, a Connecticut woman mauled by a pet chimp, received a full face and double hand transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The hands failed to thrive and were removed. Nash remains blind and will gain facial sensation and muscle control, enabling better breathing and smell as she progresses.
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Connecticut
United States
Charla Nash
Bohdan Pomahac
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Pomahac
Travis
Nash
Stamford
U.S
Sprouts blamed for deadly European E. coli outbreak
After extensive testing health officials identified German grown sprouts as the source of the lethal E. coli outbreak that killed 31 people and sickened nearly 3,100 across Europe. Investigators traced the bacteria from patients to restaurants and a single northern German farm, noting sprouts' growth in warm humid water and raw consumption aid transmission. Further questions remain about how the sprouts were contaminated.
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Berlin
Germany
Europe
Helmut Tschiersky- Schoeneburg
Consumer Protection Agency
Shootout Near Abram Texas Involves Heavy Gunfire
About 300 rounds were exchanged in a pre-dawn border shootout across the Rio Grande with suspected Mexican drug runners. Six shots were fired by the suspects as U.S. Border Patrol, Texas Rangers, and other agencies pursued a Dodge Durango near Abram. The chase led to a abandoned truck and migrants unloading marijuana from rubber rafts on the Mexican shore.
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U.S
Rio Grande
Texas Department of Public Safety
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U.S. Border Patrol
Abram
Steve McGraw
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Border Patrol
Texas Fish and Wildlife
Wessaco
Mexico
Chilean Volcano Forces Airport Closures and Evacuations
Steam from the Cordon Caulle eruption threatened rivers swollen with ash and rocks in southern Chile. Major airports remained closed as heavy rains and ashfall disrupted the region. About 3,500 residents evacuated, 500 in shelters, with authorities seeking to evacuate a further dozen who refused to relocate with property and animals.
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Chile
Cordon Caulle
Gadhafi forces shell Misrata area killing 22 rebels
In Dafniya, about 18 miles west of Misrata, Libyan government forces used tanks artillery and incendiary rockets in bombardment killing at least 22 rebels and wounding 61, according to Hikma Hospital doctor Ayman. Shelling near Misrata continued earlier in the week.
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Libya
Misrata
Hikma Hospital
Ayman
Muammar Gadhafi
Dafniya
Gadhafi
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