The union that represents Detroit's Emergency Medical Services unit says the city's Fire Department is risking the lives of people facing a medical emergency — and violating state law and an arbitrato...

Research links ambulance lights and sirens to higher crash risk and little time saved, so why are they still overused?

Republicans are trying to scapegoat the infectious disease expert, even as they have gutted healthcare amid outbreaks of measles, cyclosporiasis and Ebola

AbstractIntroduction. Repeat use of 9-1-1 emergency medical services (EMS) reflects complex intersections of medical need, social vulnerability, and health

“Pandemics should be viewed and combated as threats to national security,” write David Blumenthal and James A. Morone.

Calls for service rose far faster than staffing levels, creating new pressure on Fire Department responders.

Public health doesn't have a messaging problem. It has a proximity problem, rooted in the gap between lived experience and evidence.

When it comes to stroke treatment, we need to align incentives with urgency, writes Sandeep Kumar, a vascular neurologist. "That means reimbursing not just for transport, but for readiness and rapid r...

The rare Bundibugyo strain, with no approved vaccine or treatment, has killed nearly 90 people.

The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise liner is a fast-moving logistical, legal and medical challenge

Two off-duty paramedics helped deliver the girl, improvising with passenger blankets and a shoelace before the plane landed in Portland

Americans are using AI even as they distrust it. For public health leaders, the bigger risk isn’t the technology — it’s failing to engage with it and shape how it’s used.

The move alarmed some public health experts and legislators, who warned that it would weaken troop readiness.

Annapolis mayor’s FY2027 plan would staff a fifth ambulance during high-demand hours as EMS calls make up nearly three-quarters of department responses

New York State is requiring dash cameras for all ambulances and medical response vehicles, aiming to improve safety and accountability.

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South Carolina’s measles outbreak, the worst in decades, is endangering babies as vaccination rates fall and anti-vaccine legislation gains momentum.

Perry N. Halkitis, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, Halkitis says the greatest drivers of pandemics are often human: our emotions, beliefs, political systems and social conditions. Halkitis, author of the forthcoming book Humanizing Public Health: How Disease-Centered Approaches Have Failed Us, discusses why this shift is needed as the world prepares for future health crises.

The proposal would require local governments to ensure ambulance coverage and offer incentives for those that consolidate services with other entities

EMS is undergoing a period of transition. Long-standing structural challenges such as reimbursement, rising costs, workforce sustainability, increasing service expectations, and governance fragmentation have exposed the limits of traditional local EMS models.

A new report released by the state’s Rural Ambulance Services Task Force describes the rural EMS system in New York as "teetering on the brink of collapse” and in need of "urgent government interventi...

Paramedics face high rates of injury, burnout, and suicide. EMS must engineer workforce protection from training through retirement.

Dyshan Best later died after having to wait 10 extra minutes for next ambulance, according to Connecticut investigation

Controlling the spread of many infections, including measles, depends on trust in public health, which is eroding.

Seattle no longer is capping ambulance wait times for certain 911 patients, tracking those waits or penalizing its contractor when they run long.

A 58-year-old man was arrested on Thursday after the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office say he climbed into a parked ambulance while paramedics were treating a patient and attempted to move the vehicle b...

For decades, EMS reimbursement has depended on moving the ambulance. TIP flips that model, rewarding clinical judgment over mileage — if payers, protocols and QA can keep up.

The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill aimed at stabilizing emergency medical services as squads across the state struggle with rising costs.

Mayor O’Connor announced a $10 million gift from UPMC that will pay for new ambulances in Pittsburgh, freeing up funds to buy 35 new trucks that can plow snow.

Fatigue in EMS poses risks to patient safety and provider health, with many providers reporting severe fatigue symptoms.

Bureaucracy, politics and fraying trust in institutions could mean that warnings about the next health crisis fall on deaf ears, says a leading expert.

About a dozen times each day, medical staff at Parkside Pediatrics in Spartanburg, South Carolina, head to the clinic’s parking lot, reaching inside cars and minivans to check children and their paren...

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes $100 million for Mississippi's EMS transformation.

In 2026, EMS in the United States marks its 60th anniversary, evolving from untrained services to evidence-based systems since the 1966 Highway Safety Act.

Chief Clifford Mungavin emphasizes the need for EMS leaders to bridge administrative and operational gaps to prioritize patient care.

If ambulance services can’t cover their costs, they can’t cover the emergency needs of Butler County — and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to be ready for an emergency, according to the leaders o...

Why doctors who led the pandemic response in their states are running for office.

Joining the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is the state’s latest move into an area that was previously the domain of the federal government, before the…

States that were leaders in childhood vaccination before the pandemic are among those losing ground as exemptions and unfounded skepticism take hold, encouraged by the Trump administration’s stance un...

We’ve stripped the “emergency” out of EMS. Now it’s just medical services. It’s time to put the “E” back where it belongs.

California joined WHO's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, countering federal withdrawal from the organization.

An episode of Malcolm Gladwell's podcast “Revisionist History" dives into the data — and the noise — behind why EMS sirens may no longer be worth the risk

A Kentucky paramedic's tragic death nine years ago continues to save lives and protect EMS families across the state.