For Families Impacted by Disasters, Help Is More Important Than Ever

Gail J. McGovern, President & CEO, American Red Cross
(Washington, DC, Thursday, September 3, 2020)  –This year, the U.S. has already been impacted by devastating weather events, including wildfires in California, extreme wind and rain from Hurricane Laura, tornadoes, floods, and even a heartbreaking...

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Newly Diagnosed COVID-19 Patients Needed to Participate in At-Home Clinical Trial

AUDIO: Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, Director of the Research Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal
(Montreal, QC, Thursday, September 3, 2020) – At the moment, there is no available, FDA-approved treatment that can be given to patients at home to prevent them from worsening illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19...

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Facebook Announces New Steps to Protect US Elections

AUDIO: Robert Traynham, Director of Public Affairs for Facebook
(Menlo Park, CA, Thursday, September 3, 2020) – Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new steps Facebook will take to help secure the integrity of the US elections by encouraging voting, connecting people to authoritative...

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Instando A Los Residentes De Houston A Obtener Un Seguro Contra Inundación En El Tercer Aniversario Del Huracán Harvey

AUDIO: Paloma Alaniz, Oficina de Recuperación de Texas de la Región seis de FEMA
(Washington D.C., Jueves 3 de Septiembre, 2020) – En agosto del 2017, el huracán Harvey generó más de cinco pies de lluvia a lo largo de la costa de Texas. La tormenta causó inundaciones devastadoras...

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Urging Houston Residents to Secure Flood Insurance on Third Anniversary of Hurricane Harvey

AUDIO: Paloma Alaniz, FEMA Region VI Texas Recovery Office
(Washington D.C., Thursday, September 3, 2020) – In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey dropped more than five feet of rain along the coast of Texas. The storm caused widespread flooding that damaged more than 200,000 homes...

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American Nurses Association President Discusses New Survey Findings on PPE Shortages, Unsafe Decontamination Practices

AUDIO: Dr. Ernest Grant, PHD, RN, FAAN, president, American Nurses Association
(Silver Spring, MD, Wednesday, September 2, 2020) – For nurses in many areas of the country and across health care settings, personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages persist six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and PPE...

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New Analysis Reveals the Financial Burden of Extreme Weather Driven by Climate Change

AUDIO: Elgie Holstein, Senior Director of Strategy Planning for EDF Action, the advocacy partner of Environmental Defense Fund
(New York, NY, Wednesday, September 2, 2020) – A new report from Datu Research and commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund analyzes decades of data and reveals that extreme weather driven by climate change has already...

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AARP Demands Action as Nursing Home Crisis Continue

AUDIO: Jamie K. Harding, Alabama Associate State Director, Communications
(Washington D.C., Monday, August 31, 2020) – Older Americans in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities continue to be in grave danger, yet many measures to protect them are still not in place. AARP...

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Exhortando a los Residentes de Puerto Rico a Obtener Un Seguro de Inundación en el Tercer Aniversario de los Huracanes Irma y María

AUDIO: Wilberto Gonzalez, Portavoz de FEMA
(Washington D.C., Jueves 27 de Agosto, 2020) – En septiembre del 2017, Puerto Rico sufrió dos intensos huracanes de Categorías 4 y 5, Irma y María. El huracán Irma fue el huracán más fuerte que...

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