When there's a disaster, it's helpful to know what's going on—and know whether you're truly at risk. But as essential as ...

According to Casey Murphy, the communications director for Smith County, the alert was intended to be a high wind alert.

But as essential as emergency alert systems are, they can leave many of us feeling anxious — even when the alert may be a false alarm or test. This is because emergency alerts, whether real or ...

Remember that brief moment of icy fear that went down your spine every time you heard the start of an Emergency Broadcast System test? Well for United States audiences on Feb. 20, 1971, it seemed ...

A false fire alarm in the Bond Life Sciences Center led to a large emergency response Thursday night on the University of Missouri campus. Emergency vehicles were seen in the area of College ...

A new machine learning algorithm running on a smartwatch has shown the ability to detect sudden loss of pulse with remarkable accuracy, according to a study led by Google Research. The system, ...