Households struggle to come up with emergency funds
Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, highlighted the chart above in a Thursday note. It illustrates ...
Peru declares an emergency and deploys the army as violence surges in the capital
Peru's president declared a state of emergency in the capital and deployed soldiers to help police address a surge of ...
Here’s what Wichita plans to do to make sure it can deliver drinking water in emergency
Even though our new water treatment plant will provide a high degree of redundancy, the plant itself is still a single-point ...
What’s in Your Emergency Travel Bag?
Whether you call it a save-the-day stash or an absolute essentials kit, it contains those five or six things that can make or ...
U.S. households are running out of emergency funds as pandemic cash runs out, inflation takes its toll
The latest survey from the New York Federal Reserve shows just 62.7% of Americans can come up with $2,000 for an emergency.
America’s Emergency Department Boarding Crisis: Finally, There’s (A Bit Of) Action
Some policy actions are starting to address the emergency department boarding crisis in the United States. Here's what is ...
Study sheds light on non-urgent visits to emergency departments
Emergency departments in the United States have more than 140 million visits each year—a rate of four visits for every 10 ...
Health care workers are at high risk of violence in emergency rooms
Doctors, nurses and other health care workers need better security and other protections against violent crime in ER spaces, ...