Disaster Health & Preparedness

15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (97+ words) Sep 15, 2026, 5:39 PM Three Wyandanch schools buildings had to be evacuated on Tuesday after elevated carbon dioxide levels were detected. The Martin Luther King. Jr. Elementary School, Lafrancis Hardiman Elementary School and an administrative building all on the same campus had…...

11+ hour, 44+ min ago   (289+ words) HASTINGS, Mich. — As work continues to clear a Hastings apartment complex exposed to ricin, the Barry-Eaton District Health Department (BEDHD) announced more residents were allowed to return home Tuesday. The health department said they cleared part of the first floor…...

13+ hour, 21+ min ago   (238+ words) A Seattle Fire Department hazardous materials team rushed to the 90 block of Union Street on Tuesday evening to investigate an unknown substance discovered inside an apartment unit. The department said the response was active and that it would share more…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (567+ words) The FBI is investigating after a powerful poison called ricin was detected inside an apartment complex in Hastings. Ricin is found naturally in castor beans and can be lethal even in small doses. People can be exposed to ricin accidentally…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (60+ words) Hawaii News Now Apartment complex evacuated amid possible ricin exposure Omaha archdiocese to honor Father Flanagan’s path to sainthood with Mass of Thanksgiving Police: Hayden Panettiere’s boyfriend detained following assault inside Greenville Tom Tiffany swims to safety after plane lands…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (671+ words) Health department officials said testing confirmed the substance found in a now-shuttered apartment complex in Hastings was ricin, a potentially deadly toxin. The Barry-Eaton District Health Department was notified on Sept. 10 of a potential ricin exposure at the Tyden Lofts…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (35+ words) ca.news.yahoo.com HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital partially evacuated after emailed bomb threat, the 4th in less than 2 weeks...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (178+ words) Other prominent figures included renowned Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter, Titanic actor David Warner and Allo Allo! actress Carmen Silvera just to name a few. Denville Hall is described as a "residential home for all members of the creative…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (80+ words) WFMJ Autism Society of Mahoning Valley opens Youngstown office The Autism Society of the Mahoning Valley (ASMV) celebrated a milestone achievement on Thurs… State, local leaders weigh in following alleged attack on Amy Acton at Canfield Fair U.S. Marshals…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (331+ words) Hospital workers in Petrolia helped evacuate patients Wednesday evening after a natural gas leak. Fifteen patients in the emergency department and acute care were evacuated from Bluewater Health’s Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital around 8 p.m. as a precaution, said facilities and…...