U.S. hospitals have improved their preparedness for disasters due to a focus on medical surge planning, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency report. The 2012 National Preparedness Report ...

CLIMATEWIRE | When the McBride wildfire erupted in New Mexico three years ago, David Merritt had a math problem. The fire was closing in on a Lincoln County hospital with 11 admitted patients, but the ...

Northern Cochise Community Hospital is a small critical-access hospital, with 24 inpatient beds and six emergency room beds, in rural Willcox, Ariz., in the southeast corner of the state. We serve a ...

Important funding for a North Coast hospital has disappeared after the Trump administration ended a grant program intended to help communities prepare for disasters including earthquakes and tsunamis.

More than 76 percent of hospitals participating in the National Hospital Preparedness Program fulfilled at least 90 percent of measures for all-hazards preparedness in 2009, according to an HHS news ...

As smoke overcame the crowd outside of Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, first responders rushed to the scene to rescue and treat the victims. However, no real danger was present. The planned scene was ...

Hospital Emergency Departments are at the forefront of disaster response. It is increasingly important to provide health care workers with the resources and support to achieve emergency personal ...

President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate a federal disaster preparedness program threatens a fund used by state health systems from Republican-led Texas to the Democratic stronghold of California.

SACRAMENTO - President Donald Trump's push to eliminate a federal disaster preparedness program has prompted concern among state health officials, from Republican-led Texas to the Democratic ...

Working in partnership with ten major regional and national health institutions with deep experience and expertise, Project ...

Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital pushed its emergency room to the breaking point last week with a simulated mass casualty event to identify how it can improve its response to real-life crises in the ...