On a recent Friday, a psychiatrist and a team of medical students traveled to the Far Rockaways in Queens to provide mental health assistance to survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Their work did not involve psychotherapy or diagnoses, but rather tending to the immediate needs of survivors.

By Anne Harding If you're like many people, you pretty much never think about first aid supplies until the blood starts flowing. And then, mor...

DALLAS — New guidelines out Monday switch up the steps for CPR, telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-m...

Whether you piece together a first aid kit or buy one fully assembled, the American Red Cross advises you to keep one at home and another in your car.