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NYC emergency response times, fire deaths keep rising

Initial responses to fires and other emergencies take longer in the Big Apple, and more people died in fires earlier this year compared to last year, continuing an alarming trend. The numbers from City Hall show that. The combined average response time for “life-threatening medical emergencies” by ambulances and fire companies increased from 9 minutes […]

Gov. Newsom Blasts MO Gun Deaths Although CA Has over 2X as Many

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pointed to Missouri’s gun laws and decried the state’s annual gun deaths, even though California has more than double the number of gun deaths each year. Didn’t mention it. newsome Posted To X: Missouri has one of the highest gun death rates in the nation. It also has the following features: […]

U.S. Federal Prisons Failed To Stop Almost 200 Deaths By Suicide, DOJ Watchdog Finds

(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) OAN’s James Myers10:16am – Thursday, February 15, 2024 The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) failed to prevent 187 inmate suicides over an eight-year period, according to a report published by an insider at the Justice Department’s watchdog agency. advertisement On Thursday, Inspector General Michael Horowitz blamed the deaths on BOP’s […]

Cervical cancer deaths could be reduced with home HPV testing, study finds

A push for more accessible HPV testing is underway. A new program led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) called the SHIP Testing Network is exploring self-collection human papillomavirus (HPV) testing to prevent cervical cancer, according to a press release. The Last Mile Initiative, announced by NCI Director Dr. Kimrin Rathmell at the White House […]