The same risks identified in studies about ambulance responses apply generally to police and fire responses as well, though the dispatching criteria and cultures in those public safety disciplines can vary widely, experts said. In the case of ambulances, some medical services strive to meet response times based on studies …

Robert Draper contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Annie Brown, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Larissa Anderson, Wendy Dorr, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander Ploeg, M.J. Davis …

Colin Powell’s death at 84 underscores the continuing risk that Covid-19 presents to older people — even if they are fully vaccinated, as Powell was. For vaccinated Americans in their 70s and 80s, Covid remains more dangerous on average than many other everyday risks, including falls, choking, gunshot wounds or …

In an effort to eradicate polio and boost health measures for children in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has agreed to restart a door-to-door vaccination program next month, and will allow women to be frontline workers in the drive, health officials announced on Tuesday. The announcement, by the World Health Organization …

The world’s activists and delegates soon on their way to Glasgow have reason to be anxious. After all, they are gathering for a climate summit with exceptionally high stakes. Known as COP26 and running from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, the conference is perhaps one of the world’s last chances …

Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ There are few periods of U.S. history that are as vigorously debated, as emotionally and civically charged as the American Revolution. And for good reason: How Americans interpret that period — its heroes, its villains, its legacy — shapes how we understand our social …

ImageNick Rolovich coached his final game at Washington State on Saturday against Stanford.Credit…Young Kwak/Associated Press Washington State University fired its football coach, Nick Rolovich, and four of his assistants for failing to comply with the state’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate, the school announced on Monday. Mr. Rolovich, the state’s highest-paid employee, …

A mayor helped lobby for a $100,000 government grant to a Somali community group as a favour to a factional mate who then paid himself a “significant” amount of it, an inquiry has been told. Banyule Mayor Rick Garotti is giving evidence before an Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption inquiry into whether …

Queensland’s peak business group says owners must be able to decide for themselves if they serve unvaccinated customers or not after the state reopens.

Northbridge lawyer George Papamihail has been denied a copy of a senior investigator’s report as he tries to scuttle a long-running professional misconduct prosecution.