From ADRA – 17 February 2020 | Since early January, the COVID-19, the official name given for the coronavirus, has been declared a public health emergency of international concern, as the virus has now made a wider impact and reach than the SARS outbreak in 2003. Within two and a half months, there have reportedly […]
16 February 2020 | Abortion rights at North Coast Family Health Center in Mendocino, California, appear at risk as Adventist Health is poised to take over management of the facility. Advocates for abortion rights believe that the Adventist system’s opposition to abortion in most cases will negatively affect the Fort Bragg-based facility’s current policy of […]
From ADRA – 13 February 2020 | To gain support for the Every Child Everywhere in School campaign, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency in the West Africa region has worked closely with the Adventist Church and community members to get word out about the petition. Since the campaign’s launch last year, nearly 100,000 signatures […]
News reports from Southern Adventist University, the Hungarian Union Conference, Jordan, AdventHealth and GAIN Europe: According to the Southern Accent, Southern Adventist University’s Marketing and University Relations is sponsoring Project Refresh, a Carolina Conference online content project for young adults in the Seventh-day Adventist church. According to the Southern Accent, the content is geared to […]
From Loma Linda University Health – 12 February 2020 | A global transition to a vegetarian diet would have significant impacts in the battle against global warming and other environmental concerns, according to research conducted at Loma Linda University Health. Food production has been identified as a major contributor to increased greenhouse gas emissions, consumes 70% […]
From ANN – 11 February 2020 | Seventh-day Adventists are being asked to pray and show Christlike compassion as the new coronavirus claims its first church member in China and threatens to disrupt public mission work in various parts of the world. In China, the local branch of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency is […]
10 February 2020 | Willits, California-based Adventist Health Howard Memorial recently held an inclusive Prayer Breakfast including prayers from a number of different religious traditions. Over 200 people attended the February 4 Adventist Health Howard Memorial Prayer Breakfast. They were fed what The Willits News called a “vegetarian feast” during the hospital event modeled after […]
9 February 2020 | Collegedale, Tennessee-based Southern Adventist University has confirmed that a student living in off-campus, university-owned housing was found deceased on the night of Feb. 6. Local police confirmed that no foul play is suspected. The school has identified the deceased student as Chris Whittington, a religious studies major. An email from the […]
5 February 2020 | Adventist HealthCare, a network of Adventist hospitals based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has signed a deal with the financially struggling Howard University Hospital to take over management of the facility. The three-year deal is widely perceived as a step toward acquisition by the Adventist system. It represents the network’s first alliance with […]
News reports from Adventist Health; Wuhan Adventist Church in Wuhan, China; Bavaria, Germany; Walla Walla University; Indianapolis, Indiana and the Adventist Conference on Family Research and Practice: According to Becker’s Hospital CFO report and the Sacramento Business Journal, Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health is slashing 651 jobs at 13 facilities across the system in a massive […]
5 February 2020 | Carlos Fayard, MD, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry at Loma Linda University, spoke about mental illness in Adventist clergy at the Inter-American Division’s health summit held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, last month. “Pastors have so many difficulties, so many challenges, like any other person, but as far as mental health […]
From ADRA – 4 February 2020 | University students went out on the streets of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), West Africa, during one week, gathering petitions to promote education for all children in the world. “We started campaigning on Monday, January 20, and midway into the week we collected over 16,000 sign ups,” says Emmanuel […]
