The federal government pledged to intensify its efforts to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of trailers and into apartments or hotels after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally confirmed that many trailers were contaminated with high levels of formaldehyde. Read more »
Dr. Irwin Redlener, a pediatrician who co-founded the Children’s Health Fund philanthropic organization, said FEMA’s plan leaves many in a “no-win situation.” Read more »
More than a year after officials in the Washington area began drawing up plans for a large-scale evacuation, they have produced a guide that falls short of their original goals because of differences over turf and individual jurisdictions' plans for confronting a catastrophe. Read more »
CHF’s Long Island Children’s Health Project launched a new mobile dental van that will bring healthier smiles to hundreds of Long Island children. Read more »
