TAJIKISTAN Committee of Emergency situations and Civil Defence under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CoESCD) in cooperation with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and ...

Back in 2001, it was a smallpox outbreak, set off by terrorists in U.S. shopping malls. This fall, it was a SARS-like virus, germinating quietly among pig farms in Brazil before spreading to every ...

(TNS) — Teenagers and adults lined up in the Jerome High School gym, ready to receive medication, while police stood guard outside. The exercise was part of a four-day simulation, organized by the ...

The Ministry of Health of South Sudan, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UNICEF, International Medical Corps ...

Three different possible scenarios for domestic NWS spreading: Illegal cattle smuggling, via wild animals, and by way of a ...

WEM participants undergo longer simulation exercise during training UNHCR has extended the simulation section of its training programme for emergency response teams, placing participants under more ...

The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has intensified preparedness efforts in Harare amid fears of a potential cholera outbreak, with 100 volunteers having undergone reorientation and simulation ...

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released the results of the nation's first end-to-end Space Weather Tabletop Exercise (TTX), held in May 2024. The ...

The past year was the worst on record for ransomware attacks around the globe. In the past year, ransomware attacks were the worst on record due to an estimated 92% year-on-year global increase.