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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Immediate recovery efforts receive the most attention after severe natural disasters, yet new data from researchers at Drexel University and the University of Maryland suggests that these climate ...

Brian Froelke, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and chief medical officer for the Missouri medical disaster team, has set out to Joplin, Mo., to help set up a ...

Can-or should-medical device products and their supply chains be developed with worst-case scenarios like natural disasters or extreme weather events in mind? The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Immediate recovery efforts receive the most attention after severe natural disasters, yet new data from researchers at Drexel University and the University of Maryland suggests these climate events ...

You might have enough food to last through an emergency, but if you lost power for a week would you be able to store and cook that food? And you might have enough bottled water to drink, but could you ...

The aftermath of a disaster—whether natural or man-made—can be difficult. Survivors often face destroyed homes, missing loved ones and financial difficulty. In the midst of chaos, mental health often ...