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On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps celebrates 250 years of answering the sacred call to serve God and country.

Recently, I completed a study of U.S. hospital chaplains from different regions and backgrounds, including Christians, Jews, Muslims, and secular humanists, and published a book, Doctor, Will You Pray ...

The Anti-Corruption Court has directed the prosecution to disclose to the defence team documents they intend to rely on to try former Mulago Hospital executive director Dr Baterana Byarugaba and six ...

A former school chaplain from North Wales has been spared jail after he was caught with indecent images of children. Samuel Erlandson, 36, of Ruabon, was sentenced to 36 weeks in prison ...

Mulago's Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) is managing four active cases--two male children and two female adults--while nine suspected cases remain under observation.Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has ...

A 32-year-old male nurse at Mulago Hospital in the Ugandan capital Kampala has died of Ebola, health officials said Thursday, adding that at least 44 of his contacts had so far been identified.

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in ...

Chaplains work with hospitals, hospices, military units, legislatures, schools, sports teams, corporations, prisons and police and fire departments. Many, but not all, are ordained ministers. For most ...

The 32-year-old male nurse was an employee of Mulago Hospital, the main referral facility in the capital, Kampala, Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ministry, told reporters Thursday.

The 32-year-old male nurse was an employee of Mulago Hospital, the main referral facility in the capital, Kampala, Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ministry, told reporters Thursday.

The 32-year-old man was an employee of Mulago Hospital, the main referral facility in the capital, Kampala, Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ministry, told reporters Thursday.