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Floods, tornadoes, terrorist attacks—emergency responders navigate myriad disasters with increasing reliance on technology. Rochester Institute of Technology is educating the next generation of ...

July 2, 2007 — The American Medical Association (AMA) introduced last week a new medical journal devoted to the science of disaster planning and response. The quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, ...

When a natural disaster strikes a Latin American community, the damage doesn't stop at downed power lines and flooded streets. A new study finds that disasters trigger a 69% spike in public protests ...

Part two examines Emergency Management focused on building strong state and local programs less reliant on federal support.

The impact that identifying the victims of disasters and mass fatalities has on the well-being and mental health of the professionals who undertake the task is the subject of the first academic paper ...

Children practicing preparedness drills. Photo: Courtesy Train 4 Safety Press Former Navy Commander Heather L Beal has found a new mission after 23 years of active service: launching a publishing ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’ve probably noticed that disasters seem to be getting weirder and more intense. Every time you turn on the news, there’s ...

Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the science of precision exploration. When Apollo 12 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on ...

Environment Secretary Dr Deborah Barasa leads launch of the latest Early Warning for All Initiative (EA4All) government-led disaster programme in Nairobi yesterday. She was accompanied (left to right) ...