Soldier who survived Iranian attack in Kuwait slams Pentagon’s response: “This was a failure”

Soldiers who survived the Iranian drone strike in Kuwait tell CBS News the U.S. Army ignored a request for more medical support weeks before the deadly attack. Some of the survivors say at least one of the six soldiers who were killed in the March 1 attack could have been saved. Source link

New York doctor who survived Ebola says he fears for healthcare workers treating the virus

A New York doctor who contracted and survived Ebola more than a decade ago says he is worried for healthcare workers who are at the center of treating the latest outbreak in a remote province of eastern Congo.  “Healthcare workers are the group that I’m really concerned about because they had very close contact with … Read more

Health officials battle new Ebola outbreak: Doctor who survived virus speaks out

Health officials battle new Ebola outbreak: Doctor who survived virus speaks out – CBS News Watch CBS News Doctors are monitoring an Ebola epidemic in Africa that may be to blame for dozens of deaths so far. Lilia Luciano reports and spoke with a U.S. doctor who recovered from the virus. Source link

Arizona man who survived hantavirus 24 years ago, but lost mom and sister, says recent outbreak is

Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process. “I imagine I got the same feeling that every person who’s ever contracted hantavirus and still deals with the effects afterwards of it,” Zermeño … Read more

Life jacket worn by a passenger on Titanic who survived auctioned off for over $900,000

A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking steamship on a lifeboat sold at auction on Saturday for $906,000. The flotation device was worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the doomed ocean liner, and is signed by her and other survivors from the same lifeboat. … Read more

Life jacket worn by a passenger who survived the Titanic auctioned off for over $900,000

LONDON — A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking steamship on a lifeboat sold at auction on Saturday for 670,00 pounds ($906,000). Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The flotation device was worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a … Read more

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief says “a lot has survived” of Iran’s nuclear capabilities

Washington — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday that “a lot has survived” of Iran’s nuclear capabilities and military operations alone cannot destroy them. In an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said there had already been damage … Read more