Dr. Robert Biernbaum, an emergency medicine physician in Fairport, New York, who is also the chief medical officer at WellNow Urgent Care, echoed that July 4th is one of the busiest holidays for ...

And in emergency medicine, hesitation can be deadly. When a provider has to stop and ask, “Will I get sued or arrested for doing what I know is right?” that delay can cost a life.

Emergency room visits spike on July 4th, with over 45,000 Americans seeking care due to fireworks injuries, alcohol incidents, grill burns, heat exhaustion and water accidents.

Much of Canada is ablaze again, with more than 200 active wildfires having consumed roughly 10,000 square miles (26,000 square kilometers) since January, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire ...

Dr. Joshua Hinson, an emergency room physician at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber, got his start in southcentral Pennsylvania, moved away to earn a medical degree, and then returned to ...

As Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla works and lives aboard the International Space Station, Nasa has selected astronaut Anil Menon for a space mission in 2026. Nasa astronaut Anil Menon is set to ...

As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to specialize in family medicine? Meet Carl Lambert, MD, a family physician and a featured doctor in the AMA’s “Shadow Me” Specialty Series, ...

In 2024, an estimated 14,700 people were treated for fireworks injuries in emergency rooms and 1,700 of those injuries involved sparklers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

1 / 6 Show Caption + Military service members participates in a realistic combat care scenario on June 9, 2025, during Day 2 of the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise (JEMX-25) at Fort Cavazos.