Haitian Earthquake Coverage

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• Critically Injured Haitian Earthqake Victims Arrive in Atlanta
  The road to recovery for some of Haiti's most critically injured earthquake survivors is starting here, in Atlanta. As Susan Mittleman reports, there is an entire national and local operation underway to help these people and their families get the continuing care they need.
• CDC Medical Response Teams In Haiti
  One of the first disaster teams deployed from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention has returned from Haiti. Performing surgeries, setting fractures and treatment of other illnesses were the main services they provided. As WABE's Rose Scott reports the unit literally hits the ground running:
• Health Precautions Traveling To Haiti
  Now that military officials have taken control of distributing food and supplies and disaster relief efforts continue an increase in volunteers is expected to increase. If you are considering volunteering, an Emory health official says know the health risks and take precaution. WABE's Rose Scott reports:
• Georgia Businesses and Organizations Donates to Haiti Relief Efforts
  So far the monetary aid to earthquake stricken Haiti has topped the hundreds of millions of dollars from around the world...and while there's no official total of the amount of money and donated items from various businesses and organizations continues to grow. WABE's Rose Scott has this report:
• Atlantan Returns to Haiti to Help Salvation Army Relief Efforts
  After heading the Salvation Army in Haiti for six years, Ron Busroe (bus-row) returned to Atlanta a few years ago. This morning, he's back in haiti working on relief efforts there. WABE's Jim Burress reports.
• The CDC's Dr. Oliver Morgan discusses public health threats following the Haitian earthquake
  As the number of people who perished in the earthquake in Haiti increases, questions arise as to the threat to the survivors from decaying corpses and disease. Here, WABE's Steve Goss talks with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist Dr. Oliver Morgan...
• CedarTown,Georgia Woman Heads to Haiti
  A group of search and rescue specialists from Georgia is headed to Haiti to help with relief efforts. They are volunteering their services. WABE's Rose Scott has this report on one of the rescuers:
• Atlanta Haitian Americans On Relief Efforts
  Many Atlantans continue to wait word on their family members and if they are being reached by relief efforts. WABE's Rose Scott has the report:
• Georgia May Receive Repatriated Haitian-Americans
  Georgia is on standby to receive U.S. citizens who are caught in the devastating aftermath of Haiti's recent earthquake. Already, Florida and New Jersey have received hundreds of citizens fleeing the destruction in Haiti. Between 40 and 50 thousand American citizens live in Haiti.

• Hug For Haitian Goalie Shows U.S. Team's Spirit
  Soccer blowouts are usually a cause for celebration, but when the U.S. under-17 women's soccer team recently beat their Haitian counterparts 9-0, the victory was bittersweet. The players were aware that most of the Haitian team had been made homeless by the devastating earthquake.
• Rains, Flooding Threaten Haiti's Most Vulnerable
  In Haiti, heavy rains are expected to begin soon, and aid groups and the government are in a race against time to move hundreds of thousands of tent-camp residents who could be at particular risk. Yet the process of relocating the quake victims has been extremely slow.
• Hollies, Genesis, Iggy Pop Enter Rock Hall
  English progressive rockers turned 1980s pop stars Genesis have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a New York City ceremony. They're being joined by two other acts that thrived in second lives: ABBA and The Hollies.
• ABBA, Hollies, Genesis, Iggy Pop Enter Rock Hall
  ABBA, Genesis ready for induction to Rock Hall
• Social Media And The U.S. Military
  Until recently, access to social media sites varied widely across the military. But after a lengthy review, the Pentagon has authorized the use of sites like Facebook for nearly all members of the military. The Pentagon's Price Floyd oversaw development of the new policy.
• Where Will We Be Without Professional Journalists?
  With the deluge of free information online, fewer people are willing to pay for their news. As a result, news organizations continue to shed staff. Michel Martin shares her thoughts on where we are headed with ever fewer trained professionals covering American news.
• Haiti's Geology Slowly Giving Up Its Secrets
  Researchers studying the origin of the recent deadly earthquake have found signs of an actual fault rupture offshore, and figured out what triggered a small tsunami. But not all the causes of the natural disaster were, in fact, natural.
• Do Big Quakes Increase Global Seismic Activity?
  There have been three deadly earthquakes already this year — in Haiti, Chile and Turkey — and a fourth that caused damage in Taiwan. Is this a coincidence? Seismologists can't answer that question directly, but they say there's a growing realization that big earthquakes can trigger other earthquakes many thousands of miles away.
• Huge Aftershock Hits Chile On Inauguration Day
  A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.