Worsening disasters have wreaked damage costing hundreds of billions of dollars Reviewed by Eric Estevez Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Natural disasters are devastating to individuals, businesses, ...

The rising frequency of natural disasters due to climate change could make health plans more susceptible to significant negative effects, according to Maria DeYoreo, PhD, of RAND Corporation. In the ...

This study examines the impact of geographically limited disasters on health care quality performance scores of Medicare Advantage contracts, finding limited impact on performance scores. Objective: ...

Natural disasters, including hurricanes, create substantial risks and liabilities for the printing industry, impacting facilities, disrupting operations, and straining client commitments. The ...

I saw a nighttime satellite photo the weekend after Hurricane Helene ploughed through Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. I knew it was not North Korea, with its perpetual darkness compared to the ...

Natural disasters impose significant direct and indirect economic losses that extend well beyond the immediate areas affected, precipitating widespread impacts on industrial sectors and interdependent ...

How do extreme weather events and disasters affect communities long term? Solomon Hsiang discusses the impacts on economic growth and health, and how research can improve emergency management and ...

(TNS) — The shutdown of the U.S. government has brought work determined by the Trump administration to be “nonessential” to a halt across the country as thousands of federal employees have been ...

Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...

Maternal prenatal stress related to natural and human-made disasters can lead to epigenetic modifications in offspring, ...