Pennsylvania became the fifteenth state with a confirmed case of meningitis, on Monday.
The number of cases is now 214, with the death toll staying at fifteen.
Massachusetts based New England Compounding Center produced the tainted anti inflammation steroid vials.
Once the outbreak was known of NECC quickly turned in their operation
licenses, recalled all of their other products, and assisted
investigators in every way possible.
The CDC has now announced that two other drugs made by NECC may have been contaminated with meningitis, as well.
That means that well more than the fourteen thousand, who took the steroid injections, could be at risk of meningitis.
Malala Yousufzai was flown from Pakistan to the United Kingdom, on Monday, she will finish her treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. QEH has treated every single British military casualty since 2001, and so is uniquely qualified to treat the activist.
The fourteen year old was shot in the head and neck during an assassination attempt, by the Taliban, last Tuesday. She was targeted because she had been a heavily vocal opponent of the Taliban's attempts to block girls from going to school.
It was decided to move her, due to the better care possible in England, and the move was made as soon as they felt she was stable enough to survive it. According to the hospital she is under going MRIs, CT scans, and other tests as seventeen different specialists prepare to for reconstruction of her skull.
For the Taliban, the attack was one of the single most unpopular things they've ever done, and national reaction to them in Pakistan has been highly unfavorable, with most of the country now turning on them.
NAVY Cmdr. Joel Del Mundo Tiu, forty-nine, of Manila, Philippines died October 12 in Manama, Bahrain.
Cmdr. Joel del Mundo Tiu died October 12 as a result of non-combat
related injuries while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, the
Defense Department announced Sunday.
The forty-eight year old, who served
in the Navy Supply Corps, had been assigned to Naval Forces Central
Command in Manama, Bahrain, since January 2011. The native of Manila,
Philippines, enlisted in 1984 and rose to the rank of chief before he
was commissioned as an officer in 1995.
Tiu had previously served
aboard six ships, including the frigate Crommelin, amphibious assault
ship Essex and destroyer tender Acadia, according to Navy personnel
records. Before reporting to Bahrain, he was assigned to Expeditionary
Combat Readiness Center Forward in Norfolk, Virginia. He also served in Saudi
Arabia, Germany and Guam during his twenty-eight year career.
ARMY Sgt
1st Class Ryan J Savard, twenty-nine, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, died October 13, in
Khanabad District, Afghanistan.
Sgt. 1st Class Ryan J. Savard, twenty-nine, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, died October
13, 2012, in Khanabad District, Afghanistan, from small arms fire while
on patrol during combat operations.
According to WMUR
in New Hampshire, Savard's family disclosed that he had been shot
multiple times in the firefight and did not survive the medevac flight
to a military medical facility.
The same news source also stated that Savard was a ten year veteran
of the Army and was on his fourth combat tour. Savard's brother in law
is escorting his body home.
Savard was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N. C.
ARMY Sgt.
Thomas R Macpherson, twenty-six, of Long Beach, California, died October 12, in Andar
District, Afghanistan. Sgt. Thomas MacPherson, twenty-six, was killed in a firefight Friday in the
Ghanzni province of Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
MacPherson enlisted in the Army in 2007 after attending Los Alamitos
High School. He was on his fourth deployment to Afghanistan and had also
been deployed to Iraq.
MacPherson leaves behind his wife and son, both living in Tacoma, Washington.
Felix Baumgartner successfully completed his jump, from space, at an altitude of nearly 128,000 feet, more than twenty-four miles up.
It took two hours and twenty-one minutes for the balloon to get him to altitude.
During his journey he set the record for highest manned balloon flight, highest sky dive, and for becoming the first man to break the sound barrier without an airplane.
After jumping, he landed safely in the New Mexico desert, outside of Roswell.
With a bit of history justice, today was the sixty-fifth anniversary of Chuck Yeager's becoming the first man to break the sound barrier, in an aircraft.
The event set another record, with nearly seven million people watching it live, on youtube.
Felix Baumgartner is currently in the middle of his third attempt to become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound.
His first two attempts, last week, were both cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions, mainly high winds.
Today would actually be an extremely fitting day, as it is
the sixty-fifth anniversary of Chuck Yeager becoming the first man to
break the speed of sound, in an aircraft.
Takeoff occurred at 9:30am MDT, and ascent will take about three hours.
It will take him about ten minutes to land, after jumping from 120,000 feet, over the desert near Roswell, New Mexico.
Baumgartner, who has set many records over the years, plans on retiring after this jump.
Redbull is sponsoring the jump, and you can watch live:
