1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (113+ words) Ceremony honors 26 graduating recruits and 8 promotions to enhance emergency medical services in the City of Boston During the ceremony, the department also celebrated the recent promotion of six Emergency Medical Technicians to the rank of Paramedic, following their successful completion…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago  (456+ words) The more you suffer the more meaningful your journey becomes." It's an idea, many of us feel it instinctively. When life is hard it feels deep. When it hurts it feels important. Then comes a very different perspective from Gautama…...

9+ hour, 36+ min ago  (295+ words) Murang'a County is distributing Mama Kits to expectant and new mothers to promote antenatal care and safe facility deliveries, easing postpartum costs while improving maternal and newborn health outcomes. Murang'a County Governor Dr. Irungu Kang'ata has continued his administration's strong…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago  (465+ words) Through the integration of EVMS into Old Dominion University, one of the main commitments was to address shortages of healthcare workers in the region, said Alfred Abuhamad, MD, executive vice president for health sciences at Old Dominion University. "We are…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (449+ words) Across three randomized trials, including the PREOXI trial (Pragmatic Trial Examining Oxygenation Prior to Intubation), preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation reduced hypoxemia compared with an oxygen mask. In PREOXI, hypoxemia occurred in 8% of patients receiving noninvasive ventilation vs 19% with an oxygen…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (239+ words) Microsens Dx is partnering with French biotech Proteo Genix to accelerate its diagnostic sepsis test towards clinical milestones. The Cambridge Science Park-based company is adding Proteo Genix's antibody expertise to advance its novel ELISA test. The strategic collaboration allows Microsens…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (413+ words) My daughter spurned Mickey Mouse in favor of a swim spa. Good choice. Written by Neil Genzlinger | April 10, 2026 Winter seems to be over at last here in New Jersey. Rats. Abby and I never did get to go swimming in…...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago  (630+ words) A man who has helped install hundreds of public defibrillators in Yorkshire has warned "lives could be lost" because of changes to how the life-saving devices are being deployed to incidents. Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) introduced a new call handling…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago  (839+ words) For patients with severe blood loss " maybe they've been in a car crash, or become a gunshot victim " every minute counts. "They need blood, at the end of the day," said Tia Olson, a paramedic field supervisor with ambulance company…...

9+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1429+ words) This article by Paula Span first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac arrest while driving, plowed into…...