New tapes from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operations Center show how the disaster and American reaction unfolded.

As states and the federal government look for ways to trim budgets, Medicaid appears on the chopping block. And Washington state is scheduled to cut payments for some emergency room visits.

Yesterday the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission conducted the first ever nationwide test of the…

Many people are going to watching and preparing for Hurricane Irene as she hits this weekend, but even for those who are not in immediate danger -…

Emergency messages from the President, Amber Alerts and other messages will start coming to people by way of text messages. The service will be…