Efforts to contain the deadly Ebola virus seem to have been blown to smithereens when club-wielding youths attacked a quarantine center in Monrovia, Liberia, forcing the Ebola patients to flee from the enclosure. This attack seems to have highlighted the difficulty with which health officials are battling the Ebola epidemic in the West African countries. The current Ebola outbreak is the largest … [Read more...]
‘Slender Man’ Stabbing Victim Makes Stunning Recovery
The world at large was recently horrified to learn that two teenage girls stabbed another 12 year old female, in an attack that was reported to police as committed in the name of fictional character Slender Man. On Tuesday, the victim’s parents reported that she was in stable enough condition to go to the movies with her father. The statement issued by the victim’s family to the press in late … [Read more...]
Pit Bull Attack Got 6-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized
SALT LAKE CITY — After an attack by a neighbor's pit bull Wednesday evening, a 6-year-old boy was hospitalized. Wyatt Abraham was playing soccer in a neighbor's yard and the dog cracked its chain. April Hancock, Wyatt’s mother said, “I was watching out a window, seeing him playing.” The dog's owner brawl the animal off, but as Wyatt began to run he released it, and the dog attacked again, … [Read more...]