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The Haitian government prepared Friday to call off the search for survivors of last week's killer earthquake.

As aid flowed into Port-au-Prince on Thursday, relief groups began shifting their focus to long-term challenges.

A magnitude 6.1 aftershock jolted Haiti on Wednesday, eight days after a stronger earthquake devastated the Caribbean country, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Nearly a week after the Haiti earthquake, an overflow of patients and ongoing shortage of antibiotics often means doctors have few options other than amputation to save a life, says NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman.

Architecture, mild weather and a fast response by international rescue teams have led to a remarkable number of people being rescued from collapsed buildings in Haiti.

Officials are trying to avert a mass exodus from the island that could lead to deaths at sea or a refugee crisis in South Florida.

The staggering scope of Haiti's nightmare came into sharper focus as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quake-ravaged heart of this tragic land ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Guatemala's Pacific coast near the border with El Salvador Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

We've seen some major world events unfold on the social media stage in the past week, the biggest being Google's threat to pull out of China and the Haiti earthquake.

Some incidents of violence in Haiti have hindered rescue workers trying to help earthquake victims, a top official leading the U.S. government's relief efforts said Sunday.