A crisis no longer begins when the truth is established; it begins the moment the internet decides there is a sto ...

On June 30, 2021, the town of Lytton in British Columbia was destroyed by an out-of-control wildfire. The aftermath saw a lot of anger and finger pointing, with all levels of government roundly ...

Minneapolis uses the Behavioral Crisis Response (BCR) team to provide crisis intervention, counseling and connection to support services to residents for free. The city partnered with Canopy Roots, a ...

Service and therapy animals are integral to the daily lives of millions of Americans. They guide the blind, alert deaf people to environmental sounds, and perform tasks to support those with physical ...

The World Bank Group’s Crisis Preparedness and Response Toolkit enables countries to respond faster to crisis, protect development gains, and build resilience in a world where crises have become the ...

Amarachi Onyewuenyi is a public health science and biology major with a minor in political science. She is a 2025-26 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara ...

Spurred by increasing public recognition of the dangers posed by police responses to mental health and substance use crises—particularly for people of color and individuals with ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus City Council on Monday officially referred a proposed Community Crisis Response Amendment to the May primary ballot, marking an agreement between city leaders and the ...

In 2026, 239 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance following a 2025 marked by severe cuts to humanitarian operations and a record number of deadly attacks against aid workers. Wars, ...

While the immediate threat of shutting down Duluth’s Mobile Crisis Response Team appears to have died down (“ Duluth mayor, council seek to sustain crisis response team,” Sept. 19), ending its ...