emergency

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Holder makes pitch for public safety network

Juliana Gruenwald | National Journal | August 30, 2011

Attorney General Eric Holder made another pitch Tuesday for setting aside airwaves for emergency services. Police and fire chiefs and other public safety officials have been pushing Congress to pass a Senate Commerce bill that would reallocate a chunk of spectrum known as the D-block to public safety for their network and authorize funding to build it. Read More »

In an emergency, consider using a free service like EmergencyLink

Walter Mossberg | Wall Street Journal | June 26, 2012

A new digital service called EmergencyLink combines physical and online aids to store and communicate crucial information about medical conditions and personal contacts to medical personnel in an emergency. Read More »

Tying health problems to rise in home foreclosures

Mitra Kalita | Wall Street Journal | August 31, 2011

The threat of losing your home is stressful enough to make you ill, it stands to reason. Now two economists have measured just how unhealthy the foreclosure crisis has been in some of the hardest-hit areas of the U.S. Read More »