Georgia student likely to lose fingers to flesh-eating infection

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia college student who has already lost a leg to a rare, flesh-eating bacterial infection is now expected to suffer the loss of her fingers too, her father said. Aimee Copeland, 24, was kayaking and zip-lining along the Little Tallapoosa River near Carrollton, Georgia, on May 1 when the line broke and she sustained a cut to her calf. Emergency room doctors closed the ...
http://news.yahoo.com/georgia-student-likely-lose-fingers-flesh-eating-infection-184852298.html

Published: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:48:52 -0700

Georgia college student battles flesh-eating bacteria

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia college student was in critical condition on Thursday suffering with a rare, flesh-eating bacterial infection following a zip line accident last week. Aimee Copeland, 24, was kayaking and zip-lining along the Little Tallapoosa River near Carrollton, Georgia, on May 1 when the line broke and she suffered a cut to her calf, her father, Andy Copeland, wrote in a ...
http://news.yahoo.com/georgia-college-student-battles-flesh-eating-bacteria-184449590.html

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 11:44:49 -0700

Flesh Eating Disease: Aimee Copeland Is Fighting For Her Life

Aimee Copeland is currently fighting for her life after the young woman contracted a flesh eating disease, known officially as necrotizing fasciitis, while zip lining with friends in Carrollton, Georgia. The 24-year-old master’s student at the University of West Georgia was using a homemade zip line, while on a kayaking adventure with friends, when the line [...] Flesh Eating Disease: Aimee ...
http://www.inquisitr.com/233900/aimee-copeland-flesh-eating-disease/

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 01:47:22 -0700

Georgia flesh-eating bacteria patient breathing on own: father

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection she contracted after being injured in a zip-line accident nearly three weeks ago is breathing on her own without the help of a ventilator, her father said. The struggle to save 24-year-old Aimee Copeland from necrotizing fasciitis - a bacterial infection that can destroy muscles, skin and tissue - has ...
http://news.yahoo.com/georgia-flesh-eating-bacteria-patient-breathing-own-father-171752176.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 10:17:52 -0700

Friends, co-workers join Aimee Copeland fundraiser

Aimee Copeland is getting more support in her recovery from a flesh-eating bacteria -- this time from friends and supporters in Carrollton.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/friends-co-workers-join-aimee-copeland-fundraiser/nPB8K/

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 15:59:06 -0700

Broun: Feds targeting Georgia banks

WATKINSVILLE - Federal regulators are targeting banks in Georgia and Texas for closure even when their balance sheets are healthy, according to U.S. Rep. Paul Broun. Georgia leads the nation in bank failures since the 2008 financial collapse.
http://onlineathens.com/election/2012-05-21/broun-feds-targeting-georgia-banks

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:47:05 -0700

Flesh-eating bacteria slowly killing woman

IT WAS a flying fox accident that went from bad to much, much worse, for holidaying 24-year-old Aimee Copeland.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/georgia-woman-contracts-flesh-eating-bacteria-after-zip-lining-accident/story-e6frev00-1226351596618

Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 14:22:50 -0700

Georgia College Student With Flesh-Eating Disease Loses Hands But Improving

Aimee Copeland, the woman hospitalized with a flesh-eating disease, is now able to breathe on her own! Great news. When Aimee Copeland went zip-lining with her friends in Carrollton, Ga., she never thought she’d end up fighting for her life due to a flesh-eating bacteria. The 24-year-old old blonde has already lost her leg and [...]
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/georgia-college-student-flesh-eating-disease-getting-better-212432477.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 14:24:32 -0700

River trip accident results in flesh-eating bacteria infection, leg amputation

 About a week ago 24 year-old Aimme Copeland was kayaking the Little Tallapoosa River near Carrollton, Georgia with her friends. It was an accident on a homemade zip line during that trip that would change, and threaten her life.
http://www.14news.com/story/18273810/flesh

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 15:14:20 -0700

Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease in "critical" condition

(Reuters) - A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said she could not comment on whether Aimee Copeland had undergone surgery to remove her hands and right foot, amputations that Copeland's father had said were pending on Friday. Surgeons had amputated the 24-year-old's ...
http://news.yahoo.com/georgia-woman-flesh-eating-disease-critical-condition-201616109.html

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:16:16 -0700