International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosts panel on identifying missing migrants, helping families find closure

Last year over 5,000 people lost their lives while migrating. This year, the number is already over 600 – a huge increase from this time last year, when numbers were only around 100. Nearly 500 of...

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Ebola could be spread by victims even a week after death

Ebola can be contracted by people who come into contact with the body of someone who died from the disease up to a week before, according to a study conducted by researchers from the U.S. National...

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Argentina to recover remains of French athletes from helicopter crash

Argentine recovery teams arrived on Tuesday at the site of a helicopter collision to recover the bodies of 10 people, including French sports stars participating in a reality TV show. Aviation...

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More corruption means more deaths from disasters – study

The higher the levels of corruption are in a country, the more casualties it tends to have from natural disasters, a recently released study said. Unfortunately for the Philippines, it is among...

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