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Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee

Firefighters were allowing the blaze to burn itself out as of mid-morning on the advice of specialists, as attempts to extinguish it could be hazardous, Blount County firefighter Kermit Easterling said. Five officers from the Blount County Sheriff’s Office and five from the Alcoa Police Department were exposed to chemical-laden fumes from the blaze as they went door-to-door, sheriff’s spokeswoman Marian O’Briant said.

Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee

Firefighters were allowing the blaze to burn itself out as of mid-morning on the advice of specialists, as attempts to extinguish it could be hazardous, Blount County firefighter Kermit Easterling said. Five officers from the Blount County Sheriff’s Office and five from the Alcoa Police Department were exposed to chemical-laden fumes from the blaze as they went door-to-door, sheriff’s spokeswoman Marian O’Briant said.

Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee

Firefighters were allowing the blaze to burn itself out as of mid-morning on the advice of specialists, as attempts to extinguish it could be hazardous, Blount County firefighter Kermit Easterling said. Five officers from the Blount County Sheriff’s Office and five from the Alcoa Police Department were exposed to chemical-laden fumes from the blaze as they went door-to-door, sheriff’s spokeswoman Marian O’Briant said.

Congo and WHO investigate possible Ebola outbreak

Health officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a possible outbreak of Ebola in a village, the government and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Eugene Kabambi, a spokesman for WHO in Congo, said the suspected outbreak was in the village of Masambio in Bandundu province, more than 400 km (250 miles) northeast of the capital Kinshasa. A three-month outbreak that killed 49 people late last year

Congo and WHO investigate possible Ebola outbreak

Health officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a possible outbreak of Ebola in a village, the government and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Eugene Kabambi, a spokesman for WHO in Congo, said the suspected outbreak was in the village of Masambio in Bandundu province, more than 400 km (250 miles) northeast of the capital Kinshasa. A three-month outbreak that killed 49 people late last year

Congo and WHO investigate possible Ebola outbreak

Health officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a possible outbreak of Ebola in a village, the government and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Eugene Kabambi, a spokesman for WHO in Congo, said the suspected outbreak was in the village of Masambio in Bandundu province, more than 400 km (250 miles) northeast of the capital Kinshasa. A three-month outbreak that killed 49 people late last year

Healthcare students often uninformed about smoking dangers, cessation

By Janice Neumann (Reuters Health) – Nursing and physiotherapy students may be smoking less than they were a decade ago, but they also know less about the health consequences of tobacco and how to help patients quit the habit, a new study from Spain suggests. “The fact that less than 40 percent of students knew that smoking caused emphysema and only 10 percent identified smoking as a major cause of

Healthcare students often uninformed about smoking dangers, cessation

By Janice Neumann (Reuters Health) – Nursing and physiotherapy students may be smoking less than they were a decade ago, but they also know less about the health consequences of tobacco and how to help patients quit the habit, a new study from Spain suggests. “The fact that less than 40 percent of students knew that smoking caused emphysema and only 10 percent identified smoking as a major cause of

Healthcare students often uninformed about smoking dangers, cessation

By Janice Neumann (Reuters Health) – Nursing and physiotherapy students may be smoking less than they were a decade ago, but they also know less about the health consequences of tobacco and how to help patients quit the habit, a new study from Spain suggests. “The fact that less than 40 percent of students knew that smoking caused emphysema and only 10 percent identified smoking as a major cause of

Civilians in Yemen's Aden struggle to survive fighting, shortages: Red Cross

Lamon, a Swiss national, worked in Aden from January 2014 and stayed months into the Houthi military push on the city that prompted an Arab military intervention on March 26.     A Saudi-led coalition of Gulf Arab countries has been bombing the Iran-allied Houthis for three months to try to restore Yemen’s exiled government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Saudi Arabia, determined to thwart any arms deliveries to the Houthis,