Natural Disaster

Optometry’s Fund for Disaster Relief has raised more than $430,000 in donations to help recovery efforts from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, according to a press release from the American Optometric Association.

Research into the relationship between rising temperatures and rates of violence in different settings has existed for decades, according to Jack Rozel, MD, MSL.

NEW YORK — A key role for psychiatrists is assessing the mental health needs of a community affected by natural disaster, Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, told Healio at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Allergy practices should take steps to be prepared in the event of a natural disaster or fire and to educate employees on how to mitigate cybersecurity threats, a speaker said here.

A dialysis clinic that remained undamaged after a fire destroyed most of the historic town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, last month remains closed because electricity and access to water have not been restored.

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The American Kidney Fund has provided 335 grants totaling $76,000 to patients impacted by Hurricane Ian, which devastated the southwest coast of Florida and caused damage in parts of South Carolina and Georgia last month.

Dialysis providers deployed disaster response teams this past week along the coast of Florida to assess the damage from Hurricane Ian while watching its path into Georgia and the Carolinas.

In response to Hurricane Fiona that has resulted in flash flooding and power outages for 1.3 million people, the American Kidney Fund has activated its Disaster Relief Program.

In response to flooding in Kentucky that has resulted in 37 deaths and 1,300 rescues, the American Kidney Fund has activated its Disaster Relief Program.