Haiti earthquake a tragic reminder of local threat
The devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Léogâne, Haiti on Jan. 12 is an unsettling reminder that seismologist say a “big one” is due to hit the West Coast sometime “soon.”
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Medicine running out at Haiti hospitals, clinics
Doctors and aid workers are running dangerously low of supplies in Haiti’s capital and in the countryside, complicating efforts to treat 200,000 people in need of post-surgery care following the earthquake and increasing the potential of many more deaths due to infection and disease.
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation Provides Support to Haiti Earthquake Victims
As relief efforts continue following the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced a global employee donation matching program. Through the Kimberly-Clark Employee Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund, the company’s worldwide employees can direct their contributions to the American Red Cross to support its Haitian relief efforts. Kimberly-Clark will then match all employee …
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