Malaria can be deadly. Biting mosquitoes spread it and more than 1 million people, mostly children, die from Malaria each year. Malaria is preventable and it is treatable. Unfortunately, many areas that are affected by Malaria are impoverished. Therefore, the people do not have access to the medicines or tools to keep themselves and their families safe. Malaria is endemic in more than 100 countries and territories. World Malaria Day, April 25, hopes to build awareness to help put a stop to malaria... more

Chediak-Higashi syndrome is a rare inherited genetic disorder that affects the immune system and many parts of the body. The disease damages the cells of the immune system, which leaves them unable effectively to fight off viruses and bacteria. Beginning with infancy or early childhood most people with Chediak-Higashi syndrome have repeated and persistent infections. Few people with this condition live to adulthood because the infections tend to be very serious or life-threatening. People with... more

This is a difficult topic to think about and worse to live through for family members. However, death of an adopted child is a reality for some parents of special needs children. Many families have pursued adoptions of children whom they knew were dying so that the child could have family support during the end of life. Others found out after the adoption that their child had a terminal illness. Knowing that a child’s death is imminent because of disease, injury, abuse, or birth defect does not make it any easier to accept. The adoptive parents, grandparents, siblings,... more