+Numbers | February 9, 2011

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Number of cases of cholera recently confirmed in New York City, the first cases since the outbreak of the disease in Haiti in 2010. The three adult patients, who contracted cholera at a wedding in the Dominican Republic in January, have recovered. [via The New York Times]

+Parenting | January 28, 2010

Will donating breast milk help Haitian infants?

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

This week several organizations, including the International Breast Milk Project, issued a call for human milk donations for infants in Haiti, as the U.S. Navy ship Comfort is equipped with a neonatal intensive care unit that can transport the breast milk. Yet, while nursing mothers have heeded the call, and some 500 ounces of donated [...]