Only 4% of U.S. pet owners currently insure their pets, often due to persistent myths about how these policies work. Separate ...

A simple software system called H.E.L.P. now alerts drivers and emergency responders about stranded cars, preventing roadside ...

Leaders across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region, as well as federal lawmakers, are reacting to the tragic American Airlines plane crash near DCA.

A new study from a Northwestern trauma surgeon found that up to 34% of critically injured patients who show up at a hospital ...

During a Friday tour of communities in western North Carolina and neighborhoods in Los Angeles devastated by natural disasters, President Donald Trump told victims, state officials and assembled media ...

President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United ...

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

The Navajo Nation lacks uranium-specific emergency plans as multiple agencies struggle to coordinate response for nuclear ...

Other than the Pentagon attack on 9/11, last night's collision is the worst air tragedy in the D.C. area since the Air ...

Republican and Democratic voters across the US are reeling from climate-fueled disasters, with thousands of homes and ...

President Donald Trump caught his own administration off guard last week by suggesting that the nation’s primary disaster response agency might simply “go away.” ...

It’s a felony to knowingly assault a police officer, firefighter, and some emergency medical personnel in North Dakota while they’re doing their jobs. However, a “hospital worker” isn’t on that list.