The fear is that fewer psychiatrists and mental health resources will shift the burden, with emergency departments particularly at risk of seeing an influx of patients. It's expected that 181 ...

A surge in sickness is causing longer wait times at emergency departments throughout the Twin Cities. It’s being called a “quad-demic” that’s hitting communities across the country.

The federal government has invested in urgent care clinics and mental health centres so patients can be treated out-of-hours instead of presenting to an emergency department. The number of ...

Emergency departments are struggling after 206 psychiatrists ... meaning they were subject to compulsory assessment and treatment without their consent under the Mental Health Act.

A recent study of 4,840 emergency departments in the U.S. found that only 17.4% of ERs had a high level of readiness to treat pediatric patients. It estimated that 2,143 kids' lives could be saved ...

director of the Department of Real Estate and Housing Willie Patrick, director of Wilmington’s emergency management Charlotte Barnes, director of the Department of Human Resources Terrence ...

Some federal employees at the Education Department have been placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training. Several employees began receiving leave notices late ...

A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to talk about the handover of power. But what is normally a routine ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Hospitals in Minnesota — and all over the country — are feeling the squeeze as their emergency departments struggle to handle a recent overflow of patients. M Health Fairview ...

Other formerly standalone agencies, like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, were brought into the new department. From the beginning, and continuing to the present, the department’s ...

As wildfires rage throughout southern California, forcing mass evacuations across the state, you may be rethinking your own emergency strategy ... The US Department of State also provides ...