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Mike Williams, A Pioneer in the Field of EMS and Trauma Care, Passes Away

10/04/2023

Mike Williams, a visionary leader in EMS and trauma care, passed away on September 25 at the age of 72, leaving behind a legacy of excellence and innovation.

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10/04/2023

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FoxFury's Nomad: An EMS World Innovation Awards Finalist Featured in The Chaos Experience

10/03/2023

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FoxFury's Nomad 360 was recently selected as a 2023 EMS World Innovation Awards Finalist and was featured at The Chaos Experience, an experience that allowed event attendees to walk into a portable surge hospital just hours after a major...

FoxFury's Nomad 360 was recently...

10/03/2023

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Medix Specialty Vehicles Unveils New Type III Ambulance Model

09/28/2023

Source: Medix Specialty Vehicles

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September 28, 2023 – ELKHART, INDIANA: Medix Specialty Vehicles is excited to introduce its newest addition to the Metro Express lineup with the Metro Express 157 Type III ambulance. The Metro Express (ME) series is a popular choice amongst...

September 28, 2023 – ELKHART,...

09/28/2023

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Medical debt has sunk Penny Wingard’s credit score so low that she has struggled to qualify for loans, and applying for jobs and apartments has become a harrowing experience. On Sept. 21, the Biden administration announced plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores. (Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News/TNS)

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As Younger Children Increasingly Die by Suicide, Better Tracking and Prevention is Sought

09/27/2023

Cheryl Platzman Weinstock ;

Suicide ranks as either the seventh- or eighth-leading cause of death among children ages 5 to 11, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and recent studies. And numbers show the rates among younger kids appear to have...

Suicide ranks as either the...

09/27/2023

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Strips showing positive for fentanyl seen at La Sala, a safe space for women using drugs, at Verter Community Center in Mexicali, Baja California State, Mexico, on May 9, 2023. (Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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California Spent $40 Million on an Opioid Awareness Campaign. Fentanyl is Still Killing Nearly 20 People a Day

09/25/2023

Scooty Nickerson ;

With fentanyl killing nearly 20 Californians daily, state healthcare officials have staked millions of dollars on an advertising firm to “raise awareness, break the stigma, promote recovery, build hope, and save lives” in the battle against...

With fentanyl killing nearly 20...

09/25/2023

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Homeless for six years, Dante Nesbit, 31, sweeps the area outside his tent at a homeless encampment on the sidewalk on Main Street January 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mayoral candidate Karen Bass wants to convert the vacant St. Vincent Medical Center near downtown into a housing facility for the homeless.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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California Lawmakers Approve Key Changes to Landmark Mental Health Law

09/15/2023

Thomas Curwen ;

California lawmakers approved an overhaul of the state's landmark 1967 behavioral health law as part of an ongoing effort to address a statewide mental illness crisis made worse by homelessness and illicit drugs.

California lawmakers approved an...

09/15/2023

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This image grab from an AFPTV footage taken on Sept.13, 2023, shows an aerial view of the damage caused by floods after the Mediterranean storm "Daniel" hit Libya's eastern city of Derna. A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace on September 14 after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing, a death toll the UN blamed in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. (Aline Manoukian/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

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Libya, Morocco Death Toll Nears 9,000 as Rescuers Comb Wreckage

09/14/2023

Tarek El-Tablawy ;

Hatem Mohareb ;

Souhail Karam ;

Local relief workers, volunteers, and international organizations slogged through mud and water in Derna, a coastal town in the northeast of Libya where torrential rain unleashed by Mediterranean storm Daniel led to the collapse of two dams.

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09/14/2023

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Step up Your Life-Saving Skills With This Webinar Mastering Manual Ventilation

09/13/2023

Source: SafeBVM

This free webinar, "Mastering Manual Ventilation: Challenges, Recommendations, Strategies, and Innovations," will broadcast live on Thursday, September 14 at 1 PM ET.

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09/13/2023

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CDC Museum Director Judy Gantt stands in front of portraits of members of the WTC Health Program at "The Health Effects of 9/11" exhibit at The David J. Sencer CDC Museum on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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9/11 Exhibit at CDC Examines Lingering Health Effects from the Terror Attacks

09/11/2023

Donovan J. Thomas ;

Members of the CDC gathered last week to help open a new exhibition focused on the lingering health effects for people who were there that day.

Members of the CDC gathered last...

09/11/2023

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection K-9 officer Jaime Chavez leads his dog, Kent, through a secondary search of a vehicle looking for hidden contraband at the Bridge of the Americas international port of entry in El Paso. (Photo: Tom Fox)

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YCOE to Introduce Fentanyl Awareness Campaigns

09/06/2023

Michaela Harris ;

After establishing a fentanyl task force in January, the Yuba County Office of Education will begin introducing fentanyl and opioid abuse awareness campaigns.

After establishing a fentanyl...

09/06/2023

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