With tens of thousands of bodies still trapped in earthquake-damaged buildings and rain falling on Turkey, health officials are concerned that epidemic diseases could spread. After a background report, Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with two international health officials .
Background reports on the earthquake in Turkey .
The Online NewsHour's coverage of the middle east and Health. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. There was a sense of incredulity, even among his rescuers. Gaunt but clearly conscious, Ismail was rushed to a waiting ambulance, where paramedics immediately attended to the little boy. For a people dispossessed and visibly traumatized, first the unrelenting heat and now the torrential rain has made their suffering still worse.