ADRA is is piloting a cryosurgery cancer treatment for persons with albinism in Tanzania. The project focuses on cancer prevention, detection, and treatment by the use of cryosurgery technology. Cryosurgery uses liquid nitrogen to remove precancerous lesions from the skin of people with albinism before they develop into cancer. From ADRA – 24 September 2020 | The […]

News reports from La Sierra University; LangeTwins Family Winery in Lodi, California; Tuolumne (California) County Superior Court and Southern Adventist University: Adventists continue to conduct one of the largest Biblical archaeology projects in the world: the Madaba Plains in Jordan. An update on this project as well as others will be shared during the annual […]

23 September 2020 | West Kenya Union President Samuel Misiani is facing accusations he awarded a lucrative construction project to Achera and Partners Limited, a firm associated with his brother, Charles Achera. The contract is worth Sh300 million, over USD 2.7 million. It is for the construction of a staff housing project to be built […]

22 September 2020 | The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings have identified Adventist-run La Sierra University as the most diverse university in the country. Diversity in this ranking is based on criteria including the percentage of Pell Grant recipients (awarded to students from low-income backgrounds), the racial and ethnic diversity represented in students […]

21 September 2020 | Heidi Butler, 38, until recently an employee of Adventist Health Sonora, is in custody after being accused of a murder-for-hire plot. The Union-Democrat reported Butler was allegedly targeting her husband. Her attorney argues that Butler suffered a mental health breakdown due to her high-pressure front-line role as a nurse. Butler was lead […]

20 September 2020 | Jey Reis, an Adventist teen in Bahia, Brazil, has launched a career on the video platform TikTok where she has 1.2 million followers. According to an Adventist News Network (ANN) story, Jey Jey (her social media identity) has posted over 300 videos, all of them about Jesus. The videos have garnered […]

17 September 2020 | In a September 16 statement released by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the denomination apologizes for racism among members and church entities. The statement is titled “ONE HUMANITY: A HUMAN RELATIONS STATEMENT ADDRESSING RACISM, CASTEISM, TRIBALISM, AND ETHNOCENTRISM.” Halfway through the third paragraph of the statement comes the acknowledgment and […]

18 September 2020 | Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) physicians saved 32-year-old Blanca Rodriguez, who was rushed to Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital with severe upper respiratory issues and difficulty breathing while 28 weeks pregnant. According to a LLUH news story, Rodriguez was initially treated for severe pneumonia-like symptoms when she was admitted on July […]

News reports from the American Northwest, Switzerland, the Central California Conference, Eleventh-Hour Laborers outreach ministry and the Metropolitan Adventist Church in Hyattsville, Maryland: Adventist churches in the Northwest of the United States are collecting a special offering to provide financial relief to the many that have been forced to flee their homes due to the […]