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Rep. Jason Smith has emerged as a leading advocate for EMS, driving key legislation to improve reimbursement models and expand access through community paramedicine initiatives
At a public hearing on Shenandoah County’s proposed 2026 budget, Fort Valley residents urged officials to increase EMS funding, citing long response times and inadequate support
An AMR ambulance was ripped apart after it struck a palm tree in Riverside County
A measles outbreak that began in rural West Texas has now claimed three lives, with cases more than doubling 2024’s total and spreading through under-vaccinated communities across five states
The Health and Human Services Department has decided not to terminate Dr. John Howard amid plans to lay off two-thirds of NIOSH staff, preserving leadership of the World Trade Center Health Program
Virginia becomes the 15th state to pass bleeding control legislation, joining national effort to improve trauma response before EMS arrives
Republicans and Democrats sounded the alarm over Kennedy’s plan to gut NIOSH, warning it could cripple the 9/11 health program that thousands of first responders and survivors rely on
Roy Smith is believed to have been responding to a stranded motorist in high water before his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree
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