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New York Blood Center declares emergency blood shortage
In the last three weeks, donations were 2,100 pints short of what is needed at area hospitals.
Mom's sad sight at cafe leads her to call for drastic change
Should emergency service workers be allowed to skip queues at cafes?
Parents rip NYC DOE after schools urge kids to sign in — on their day off — to test remote learning after disaster
Big Apple families are being guilt-tripped by the city into joining a remote-learning simulation on their kids' day off to better prepare for an emergency after a technical meltdown during...
I'm an ER doctor — don't bring these 5 foods to the beach
"The last thing you want is for people to go home and remember the beach trip because they got sick," Dr. John Torres said.
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I was addicted to vaping — until docs said it was 'frying my lungs like hot chicken'
"The doctor came in and showed me my X-ray and said, 'Do you vape?' And he said, 'That's why you have pneumonia,'" Tennessee mom Hannah Roth recalled.
5 ways women can lower their stroke risk — including one to do before going outside
Stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death for American women.
Heroic NJ Transit police officers save life of 3-year-old choking on bus in dramatic video
The child's airway was obstructed and officers immediately sprang into action, giving CPR to the boy.
NYC high schooler creates astonishingly accurate AI algorithm for 911 callers to get help they actually need
“You need very little input from the actual caller,” Pierce Wright, age 17, said about his AI model.
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GOP-led Nassau County to deputize private citizens in emergencies, Dems blast 'militia initiative'
Lawmakers opposing the plan are calling it a "militia," drawing comparisons to Nazi "brownshirts" and held a rally outside the executive's office calling on him to halt the proposal.
NYC officials ripped for sending earthquake emergency alerts nearly 25 minutes after the fact
“NYC sending out an emergency alert about the earthquake 30 minutes after the earthquake is peak NYC Adams administration,” wrote one New Yorker on X.
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Buttigieg says he has no idea when Baltimore bridge debris might be cleared: 'A very complex process'
Buttigieg added that there aren't any estimates yet for when the bridge can be rebuilt.
Niagara Falls declares state of emergency ahead of April 8 total eclipse as 1M expected
Niagara Falls, Canada, has declared a state of emergency ahead of the April 8 total eclipse as 1 million people are expected to flood the area.
I was a teen vaping addict — I finally quit after my lung collapsed twice
"I fell into the trap of thinking vaping was cool," Karlee Ozkurt confessed. "But it’s stupid. I didn’t realize until it was too late."
At least 13 Russian miners trapped in collapsed gold mine: officials
At least 13 miners have been trapped in a collapsed gold mine in far eastern Russia, regional officials said Tuesday.
My heart stopped — then the paramedic treating me had a heart attack
"I'm so grateful to him and grateful he was OK," Daisy Devane said about senior emergency medical technician Jeremy Williams.
I'm a doomsday prepper — here's everything you need to know about surviving a catastrophic event
"In the event of even a temporary supply chain collapse, most homes are within two weeks of being entirely dependent on handouts from a government entity or non-government organization," Nelson said.
US, Canada foreigners trapped in violence-torn Haiti wait desperately for a way out: 'It’s total anarchy'
Scores of people have been killed in the gang attacks that began Feb. 29, and more than 15,000 people have been left homeless by the violence.