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Devastating Nepal quake kills over 1,000, some in Everest avalanche

By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,000 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles (80

Devastating Nepal quake kills over 1,000, some in Everest avalanche

By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,000 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles (80

Close the Immunization Gap! Get Vaccinated

Immunization Prevents 2 – 3 Million Deaths a Year Until the second half of the 20th century, the only way a child could become immune to infectious diseases like whooping cough or measles was to actually get the disease and survive it. Too often, however, infection led to tragic, premature death.Today, children all over the world are routinely…

Close the Immunization Gap! Get Vaccinated

Immunization Prevents 2 – 3 Million Deaths a Year Until the second half of the 20th century, the only way a child could become immune to infectious diseases like whooping cough or measles was to actually get the disease and survive it. Too often, however, infection led to tragic, premature death.Today, children all over the world are routinely…