Ebola Outbreak: 6 Nonprofits team up to fill a 737 with 15,000 pounds of medical supplies

Emergency medical supplies from Direct Relief loaded onto 737 charter flight for Liberia. Photo: prnews/Direct Relief

(PRN/USN) FORT WORTH, Texas, August 25, 2014 - In collaboration with Airlink and Fort Worth-based ATX Air Services, LLC, Direct Relief today loaded a charter jet with emergency supplies bound for health workers on the frontlines of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia. This shipment, which includes several thousand pounds of urgently requested gloves, masks, gowns, and other medical resources, follows five others from Direct Relief to the region.

U.S. Postal Service honors groundbreaking singer Janis Joplin on limited-edition Forever Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the Limited-Edition Janis Joplin Forever stamp at the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco on August 8, 2014.

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SAN FRANCISCO, August. 11, 2014 - The U.S. Postal Service on August 8th. added legendary singer Janis Joplin to its Music Icons Forever Stamp series during a first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park.