Teams of medical workers helped in Hurricane Katrina, but the government found the response lacking. The Affordable Care Act called for a new fleet of emergency medical workers, but didn't give ...

MULTIPLE WEAPONS CHARGES. WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED. SO WHILE THE VA CONDUCTED A BOOTS ON THE GROUND SIMULATED CATASTROPHE TO PRACTICE AND PREPARE. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ...

BETHPAGE, N.Y. - Medical students on Long Island are ready for a potential disaster. The Zucker School of Medicine put its first-year students through unique training, responding to a mass casualty ...

The workers have helped with everything from immigration detention centers to Ebola cases. As of 2019, there were roughly 5,000 of these workers specializing in patient care. USA TODAY found the ...

Formed in 2007 in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21: Public Health and Medical Preparedness, the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies ...

Two new disaster drones delivered telemedical packages to victims and rescue personnel in a simulated mass casualty event Tuesday at John Bell Airport in Bolton, Mississippi as a demonstration of the ...

INGRAM, TEXAS - JULY 12: A pick up truck drives over a flooded bridge on the bank of the Guadalupe River during a search and recovery mission. The floodwaters came fast, but the failures in disaster ...

International Medical Corps, FedEx create mobile hospital to respond to global natural disasters The International Medical Corps in Los Angeles and FedEx Express partnered on a 50-ton portable ...

Hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather do not distinguish between urban and rural boundaries. But when a disaster strikes, there are big differences in how well people are able to respond and ...

Central Texas is continuing to recover from devastating rains and "catastrophic" flooding that damaged homes and businesses and killed more than 100 people, many of whom were children. Victims and ...