Hospitals Brace for Snow Emergency: Local Hospitals Prepare Staff, Patients for Rough Weather.
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By Jennifer L. Boen, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.  Feb. 14--Parkview Health and Lutheran Health Network hospitals Tuesday night were operating under snow emergency protocols.   Code White was declared for Parkview, said spokesman Gary Penner.
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Forecasters predicted a winter-like storm could drop up to a foot of snow in parts of the Rocky Mountains on Saturday, and severe weather was possible in the central Plains.
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People with high blood pressure were warned yesterday that they are at increased risk of having a heart attack in very cold weather.
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The travails of passengers on a stranded flight showed how strained the system is at times when unpredictable factors like bad weather bring extra stress.
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A group of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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Drivers in parts of northern England and the Midlands are warned of more heavy snowfalls.
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Snowstorms and freezing rain that hit the Ohio Valley in mid-week have complicated plans for delivering thousands of packages nationwide in time for Christmas, delivery companies said Thursday.
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Emergency room doctors warned of a  "perfect storm" in hospitals due to a flu vaccine crisis on  Monday, and politicians watched anxious Americans line up for  shots and argued about whose fault it was.
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By Rory Sweeney, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 14--Between the weather forecasts, the order to come to work four hours early and the ominous snow flurries, Pittston Township resident Carmen Timonte knew Tuesday's shift at work was going to be a long one.
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Hospital staff and emergency services are bracing themselves for bleak Friday - one of the busiest nights of the year.
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With the coldest weather of the season expected to sweep through the Washington region today, several jurisdictions are extending shelter hours and mobilizing workers to try to provide shelter for everyone who needs it.
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Extreme winter weather causes a series of emergency situations for  rescue services in Scotland.
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Bodies, dirty water spreading disease. Medical supplies have started to run out and panicked residents are fighting for provisions.
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Physician's assistant Jill Roncarati searched the streets of downtown Boston as the snow fell, peering inside train stations and bagel shops. She was looking for homeless people who needed medical care, and especially for one woman who had broken her leg and was living outdoors on crutches.
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Snowdrifts 6 feet high kept some Massachusetts residents trapped in their homes and commuters across the Northeast limped back to work on icy roads and packed trains Monday as the region struggled to dig out from a paralyzing weekend blizzard. About 20 deaths were believed linked to the weather.
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Britain is bracing for heavy snow in many parts of the country that threatened to disrupt travel for commuters and could cost the economy hundreds of millions of pounds (euros/dollars).
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Aviation executives are sharing a list of steps they can take to make passengersâ lives a easier the next time a blizzard or another event strands planes on the ground.