Former SUNY emergency medicine chief gets prison for $1.44M theft
BROOKLYN, NY — The former chairman of emergency medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for stealing nearly $1.5 million in institutional funds…
WHO Declares Monkeypox A ‘Public Health Emergency’
WHO Declares Monkeypox A ‘Public Health Emergency’ Micaela Burrow on July 23, 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert,…
WHO experts split on monkeypox emergency ahead of decision – sources
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON – Members of a World Health Organization (WHO) expert group are split over whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, but the agency’s director-general may still…
Rochester Police Officer Shot Killed Hours After Mayor Declared Gun Violence State of Emergency
ROCHESTER, NY – Two Rochester police officers were shot Thursday night on Bauman Street by an unknown suspect. One of those officers was killed, and the other is in stable condition. A…
Former Director of Emergency Management at Pitt Sentenced for Selling Stolen PPE during Pandemic
PITTSBURGH – A suburban Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to four years’ probation, 180 days of house arrest, and a fine of $4,000 for his conviction on Interstate Transportation…
Dad Who Killed Son Day After New Jersey Denied Mom Emergency Custody Indicted for Murder
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The State of New Jersey has failed a young boy and his mother in Ocean County, and now he is dead. A Monroe man who was suspected of…
White House Considers Declaring National Emergency Over Abortion Pills: REPORT
White House Considers Declaring National Emergency Over Abortion Pills: REPORT Laurel Duggan on July 20, 2022 President Joe Biden’s White House is considering executive action to make abortion pills accessible nationwide despite…
U.S. Senate Democrats urge Biden to declare climate emergency
WASHINGTON – Two U.S. Senate Democrats urged President Joe Biden on Monday to declare a climate emergency and use the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of a wide range of…
ENA Lantern Award Shines Spotlight on Incredible Work of 29 Emergency Departments
Established in 2011, the ENA Lantern Award recognizes excellence in emergency departments SCHAUMBURG, Ill., July 13, 2022 — On Wednesday, the Emergency Nurses Association announced 29 emergency departments being honored with the…
Sri Lanka PM declares state of emergency, curfew – spokesman
NEW DELHI – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in his role as the acting president, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday,…
Biden’s HHS Pressures Healthcare Providers To Perform ‘Emergency’ Abortions
Biden’s HHS Pressures Healthcare Providers To Perform ‘Emergency’ Abortions Laurel Duggan on July 12, 2022 The Biden administration is claiming that, under existing law, doctors are required to perform abortions in emergency…
Biden Considers Declaring Public Health Emergency To Help Secure Abortion Access
Biden Considers Declaring Public Health Emergency To Help Secure Abortion Access Laurel Duggan on July 11, 2022 President Joe Biden is considering declaring a public health emergency to enshrine abortion rights, he…
‘An Emergency For Women’: Democrats Demand Biden Declare Public Health Emergency Over Abortion Ruling
‘An Emergency For Women’: Democrats Demand Biden Declare Public Health Emergency Over Abortion Ruling Harold Hutchison on July 11, 2022 Multiple Democrats and liberal pundits demanded on TV and social media that…
Sri Lanka prime minister summons emergency party leaders meeting after street unrest
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister on Saturday summoned an emergency meeting of political party leaders after protesters stormed the president’s house in the commercial capital Colombo amid growing anger over the…
Public health emergency over abortion rights is ‘not off the table’ – White House
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is still considering declaring a health emergency over abortion rights and it is “not off the table,” White House gender policy council chair Jennifer Klein said on…
South Korea unveils $625 million in steps to fight “emergency” inflation situation
SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Friday the current economic conditions constituted an emergency situation and ordered his government to devise all available measures to ease the burden on…
Canada’s emergency rooms bear the brunt of a ‘perfect storm’
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO – Health authorities across Canada have cut the hours of hospital emergency departments and urgent care clinics in recent weeks, a move that in some cases may…
WHO set to decide if monkeypox represents health emergency
By Jennifer Rigby and Mrinalika Roy LONDON -The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee on Thursday next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of…
COVID Emergency is Over, But Toms River Officials Still Want to Revive Murphy Curfew
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A provision in Phil Murphy’s pandemic emergency order has allowed Toms River officials to enact a curfew in their Seaside communities. When Murphy’s executive orders ended, so did…
U.S. EPA approves emergency fuel waiver in Texas after refinery outage
(Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an emergency air-quality waiver through June 6 to boost supplies of gasoline in East Texas after production was cut at a regional refinery.…
First steps in reforming global health emergency rules adopted at WHO meeting – U.S
GENEVA – Countries around the world on Saturday adopted an initial U.S.-led reform of the rules around disease outbreaks, known as the International Health Regulations (IHR), the United States said. The amendments,…
Calls to 911 emergency number by Texas students during massacre
(Reuters) – At least two girls cowering in their classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Texas called the police emergency number 911 during the massacre, a law enforcement official said on Friday.…
First steps in reforming global health emergency rules agreed at WHO meeting – sources
By Emma Farge GENEVA – Countries have agreed to an initial U.S.-led push to reform of the rules around disease outbreaks, known as the International Health Regulations, after early opposition from Africa…
Biden Admin Wants Your Blackout Emergency Kit To Include ‘Sustainably Sourced’ Utensils, Dinnerware
Biden Admin Wants Your Blackout Emergency Kit To Include ‘Sustainably Sourced’ Utensils, Dinnerware Thomas Catenacci on May 24, 2022 The Biden administration suggested Monday that Americans include “sustainably sourced disposable utensils” in…
Biden Considers Draining Yet Another Key Emergency Fuel Stockpile: REPORT
Biden Considers Draining Yet Another Key Emergency Fuel Stockpile: REPORT Thomas Catenacci on May 23, 2022 President Joe Biden is mulling taking action to release federal diesel stockpiles in an attempt to…
New Jersey Issues Baby Formula State of Emergency, Protections for Breastfeeding Moms
TRENTON, NJ – As the baby formula crisis in America continues, New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin today announced Governor Phil Murphy’s sweeping new baby formula state of emergency. Under that state…
Breaking News
