January 11, 2017: Parker Adventist Hospital’s Emergency Department is on a list of locations released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment where an unvaccinated adult may have exposed the public to measles. The Denver Post reported that the name of the patient was not released. The patient contracted measles abroad and […]
January 10, 2017: A Ghanian Adventist journalist who was officially declared missing on December 7, has resurfaced, telling media he was not abducted or kidnapped. Daasebre Agyei Dwamena, who worked for the Kamasi, Ghana-based Ashh FM radio station, reappeared on January 7. In an interview with the station on January 8, Dwamena said he […]
January 9, 2017: Despite much fanfare about its Golden Globe nominations in three categories, Hacksaw Ridge won nothing at the 74th Annual Golden Globes ceremony on January 8. The Mel Gibson-directed war epic depicted the life of Adventist war hero and decorated conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss, and was filmed in Australia. Early […]
January 9, 2017: Michael Chamberlain, the former Adventist pastor and father of a baby killed by a dingo in the Australian outback in 1980, died January 9 at the age of 72 from complications with leukaemia. On that fateful family camping trip in August 1980, Lindy Chamberlain, then-wife of Michael, heard a cry from […]
January 8, 2017: A water main break on January 4 at Washington Adventist Hospital led to administration declaring a “mini-disaster” and halting new patient admission to the hospital’s emergency department. Bottled water was used for drinking and patient care as the hospital fought overnight and into January 5 to gain control over the […]
January 5, 2017: In an ordination service held in Montego Bay, Jamaica last week, president of the Adventist denomination’s Jamaica Union Conference Pastor Everett Brown warned pastors against joining the ministry simply for a steady pay check. The Jamaican Observer newspaper reported that Brown encouraged pastors to see themselves as “messengers of the Most […]
From ANN, January 4, 2017: Pastor Caleb Oyelayo Adeogun, the first African to hold the office of division secretary in the Adventist denomination, passed away at the age of 84 on December 2. The son of an early Nigerian pastor and his convert wife, Adeogun spent his life working in various capacities for the […]
January 3, 2017: The Leapfrog Group, known for its Leapfrog Hospital Safety Guides that award A, B, C, D and F letter safety grades to hospitals across the United States, has released its latest report. This report provides the most trusted and complete guide to patient safety levels in US hospitals. Grades are issued […]
January 2, 2017: Following the widely-publicized murder of a 20-year-old Adventist bank employee in Port of Spain, Trinidad in early December, a scandal has erupted over an apparel vendor accused of attempting to profit from the deceased victim’s name. Shannon Banfield, a devout Adventist, was found dead in the warehouse of household goods store […]
From ANN, January 1, 2017: The Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, a bill signed into law on December 16, 2016 by President Barack Obama, is designed to promote religious freedom internationally. The law will bring more prominence to the issue of religious freedom in US foreign policy. It boosts the status of […]
December 29, 2016: Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU) students, faculty and staff are mourning the passing of the 18th president of the institution, Pastor LeRoy Leiske. The former leader of what was then called Southwestern Adventist College died on December 22 at the age of 96. He served as president of the institution in […]
December 28, 2016: In a cost-cutting measure soon before the Christmas holidays, Feather River Hospital in Paradise, California, laid off 16 employees. Local TV channel ActionNewsNow reported on December 14 that the approximately 1,100-employee Adventist Health hospital claimed to have tried to provide severance packages and unemployment benefits for those that lost their […]
