SURVIVORS

A humanitarian rescue group says survivors aboard a deflating rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey.

June marks Cancer Survivor’s Month, and more than 18 million people in the United States are cancer survivors who are living with, through and beyond their disease, according to the American Association for Cancer Research.

Next month will mark one year since the tragedy at Robb Elementary, where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

State Capitol filled with Robb families and gun violence prevention advocates calling on lawmakers to change gun laws.

Survivors of the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting held an event in Uvalde to help the community on their path to healing.

An 86-year-old woman who survived mass roundups and massacres of Jews as a child in Romania has been crowned Israel’s “Miss Holocaust Survivor.”.

A San Antonio nonprofit and a local law professor fear the release of Bill Cosby on Wednesday could deter rape survivors from seeking help.

One woman is taking her trauma and turning it into triumph by helping victims find their voice and bring awareness to a problem that is often silenced. “A stranger drove up and had the passenger door open and asked if I liked candy,” Lori Poland, a kidnap survivor told Ivanhoe. She wants to bring awareness that child abuse is not just a social issue, but a mental and public health issue as well. “They range from physical health outcomes, such as cancer, heart disease, things of that nature, but also mental health outcomes too. At just three-years old Lori was able to identify her captor.

For someone who has never had to experience or endure breast cancer, it might be understandable that there are questions involved. Does a diagnosis typically come as a surprise, or do people often suspect that something feels not quite right?