• HSE will not review care for people with Long Covid until new evidence emerges

    Representatives from the health service, along with Long Covid Advocacy Ireland, appeared before the Oireachtas Health Committee this morning.

  • Emergency alert: Panguitch Lake dam upgraded to Level 2 emergency situation; flash flood watch issued

    CEDAR CITY — The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office issued an urgent public safety announcement Tuesday evening regarding the current status of the Panguitch Lake dam. “We have escalated our monitoring to a Level 2 Emergency Situation due to potential risks identified with the dam’s integrity,” the department announced in a social media post. “This decision […]

    • DVIDS

    911: What's your emergency?

    National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is observed each April to honor the dedication of first response emergency dispatchers for the critical service they provide. Dispatchers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. provide crucial support to first responders both on and off the installation, handling more than 5,000 emergency calls annually.

  • An endless housing emergency

    The council planners must be thrilled their development blueprint for the next decade has been rubber-stamped, despite a raft of serious objections, and the blunt truth is it will not solve the housing crisis. Rather than accept plans to force businesses to make way for houses are largely pie-in-the sky, the reporters have dodged the issue. “It is acknowledged that the spatial strategy may require higher levels of intervention given the council relies on a number of sites with current occupiers...

  • Valley funerals are changing as alternatives emerge

    The funeral industry is changing. Traditional burials are down and people are using cremation services at a much higher than ever before.

  • Marine emergency exercises slated for weekend

    Sailors and first responders will hone their emergency preparedness this weekend, undergoing marine training on the Detroit River. More than 80 sailors from the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve — HMCS Hunter, along with members of the Canadian Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, Guardian Marine Rescue, Windsor and LaSalle police services, RCMP, LaSalle and Leamington fire […]

    • KTVZ

    8 emerging uses for medical cannabis

    Stacker identified eight medical conditions where cannabis may be beneficial, either by lessening symptoms or treating the underlying medical problem.

    • SFGate

    If there was one fashion trend that emerged at Coahcella, this was it

    If you had closed your eyes and thrown a rock at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend, you probably would have hit a cowboy. Or an Angeleno dressed like one. That may be an exaggeration but not by much more than a horse hair. It was nearly impossible to look anywhere around the Empire Polo Club grounds without spotting the familiar swoop of a cowboy hat. Colorful leather boots marched across the festival grounds all weekend long, leaving blocky heel prints in the dusty...

  • Emergency Services: April 12, 2024

    Includes incidents reported by the Worthington Police Department, Nobles County Sheriff's Office and Jackson County Sheriff's Office.

  • Evidence of a new subatomic particle observed

    The BESIII collaboration have reported the observation of an anomalous line shape around ppbar mass threshold in the J/ψ→γ3(π+π-) decay, which indicates the existence of a ppbar bound state. The paper was published online in Physical Review Letters.

  • Federal funding offered for emergency food distributions

    Nearly $27,000 in federal funds will be used to supplement emergency food and shelter programs to disadvantaged individuals and families in Bartholomew County. Continue reading at The Republic News.

  • Naval agencies prepare for emergencies on the Detroit River

    Exercise Border Sentinel sounds like a major operation, and while it was just an exercise in co-operation and discovery this weekend, it helped a diverse array of marine units prepare for what would happen if they ever faced a major naval operation. More than 80 sailors gathered at the HMCS Hunter in Windsor to […]