EDM Digest Staff, Author at EDM Digest

Coronavirus

NY sees most virus cases since May as state targets clusters

October 21, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that he was easing restrictions slightly in some coronavirus hot spots in New York City, but adding them in areas along the Pennsylvania border.

Coronavirus

Spain 1st in western Europe to hit 1 million virus cases

October 21, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Spain became the first country in western Europe to accumulate more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as the nation of 47 million struggles to contain a resurgence of the virus.

Coronavirus

Virus spikes have officials looking to shore up hospitals

October 21, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Hospitals across the United States are starting to buckle from a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, with several states setting records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders scrambling to find extra beds and staff.

Coronavirus

CVS Health To Hire 15,000 Pharmacy Workers As Seasonal Flu And Covid-19 Collide

October 19, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Drugstore giant CVS Health will hire 15,000 full and part-time workers as the company braces for an influx of customer needs during seasonal influenza season and the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19.

Emergency Management News

Many homes likely lost in north-central Colorado fires

October 19, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Nearly 3,000 people were forced to flee from a fast-moving fire in north-central Colorado and authorities believe a large number of homes were destroyed.

Education

When Self-Driving Cars Don’t Realize They’ve Been In A Car Crash

October 19, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

A self-driving car could get sideswiped by another car, and the AI might be oblivious that this kind of car collision has even occurred.

Coronavirus

China rapidly expands use of experimental COVID-19 vaccines

October 16, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

China is rapidly increasing the number of people receiving its experimental coronavirus vaccines, with a city offering one to the general public and a biotech company providing another free to students going abroad.

Emergency Management News

Two fathers jumped in to save a drowning child. Only one survived. But both came out heroes.

October 16, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Every time he thinks about the man's still, virtually lifeless body floating in the water -- and this distressingly awful image has popped into his head over and over since that afternoon on the Catawba River two Saturdays ago -- Michael Byers is overcome with grief.

Emergency Management News

3 Ways To Ensure Your Crisis Management And Communication Plans Will Work

October 12, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Even before Covid-19, companies and organizations were gambling with their futures and employees if they did not take steps to ensure their crisis plans would work when needed.

Emergency Management News

Delta adds insult to injury in hurricane-ravaged Louisiana

October 12, 2020 EDM Digest Staff 0

Delta made landfall Friday evening near the coastal Louisiana town of Creole with top winds of 100 mph (155 kph). It then moved over Lake Charles.