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Ga. (WALB) — The airport held an Airport Fire Station Training Exercise Sunday, Aug. 23

Los Alamos Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeff Saiz and Los Alamos National Laboratory Fire Management Officer Rich Nieto discuss tactics to address the simulated wildland fire. Photo Courtesy LANL

A platelet count as low as 6,000 can sharply increase the risk of serious bleeding, doctors warn, while persistent fatigue, weight loss, bruising or recurrent infections may point to an underlying blood or bone marrow disorder

Colo. (KKTV) – The City of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Airport, and others will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise at the airport on Wednesday, prompting additional emergency vehicles and personnel as well as potential visible smoke and flames

S.C. (WCSC) — HCA Healthcare’s newest freestanding emergency room opened to patients in Mount Pleasant after a two-year wait

It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection — then spent six weeks in a rehabilitation facility. “It was a struggle,” she said. “I didn’t bounce back too well.”

Lenawee County Emergency Management, in partnership with Norfolk Southern and local emergency response agencies, will conduct a large-scale hazardous materials training exercise in Blissfield on Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Mich. (News 10) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of a significant increase in emergency room visits linked to frequent marijuana use, tied to a condition known as cannabis hyperemesis syndrome

Delegates attending the Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji next week will be confronting one of the region’s most urgent health challenges: the fastest growing HIV outbreak in the world

A recent CRS report examines a fundamental tension in federal health law that Congress and the Trump administration must navigate. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), enacted in 1986 to prevent hospitals from refusing care to poor or uninsured patients, sits at the center of a conflict between federal emergency-care requirements and…