Mass Causality Incident

As tensions rise in Afghanistan with the withdrawal of US troops and the Taliban seizing control, other radical militant groups are taking advantage of the region's instability. In a recent suicide bombing attack, outside Kabul Airport, 13 US troops and more than 90 Afghans were killed. The…

Amidst the Yemen crisis, efforts were made to open the Al-Wehdah school in Taiz, the third-biggest city in the country. There are no doors, windows, or desks; instead, 500 children use old exercise books to jot down notes while teachers lecture in small spaces underneath crumbling ceilings. The…

At least 29 people are dead and 58 injured after a gunman in Thailand set off the deadliest mass shooting in Thailand’s history in the city of Korat, north of Bangkok. The Thai prime minister states that the shooting was motivated by a real estate dispute. The gunman, a Thai soldier, stole assault…

A new study done by the group Everytown for Gun Safety shows that of the children who die from mass shootings, about three quarters of the children died in events that were linked to domestic violence. It is common in coverage about gun violence to not also include the incidences where the victims…

Intimate partner homicide is large issue in the United States that does not seem to be better; in fact, the rates have been increasing. Of all the female homicide victims in the U.S., about half of them are killed by an intimate partner, someone who they previously were or currently are dating. …

In reaction to the increase in mass shootings in the United States many sources, such as politicians and news outlets, have been quick to connect gun violence with mental illness. Claiming over and over again that these two are linked can often cause the “illusory truth effect,” where people…

With the increase in mass shootings in the United States, many parents are looking to talk to their children about the topic. Pediatric Mental Health expert, Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, gives advice in  a video interview on how to start conversations with children or what to do if they have…

Those who survive mass shootings may experience extremely intense trauma, PTSD, and survivors’ guilt. Clinical psychologist Capt. Richard Schobitz speaks about the importance of creating a healing community; many different roles, such as medical professionals in hospitals, therapists, and the…

Medical trainees in England, a role equivalent to medical residents in the United States, were recently surveyed about their knowledge surrounding their respective hospitals’ Major Incident Plan. Findings are that for major disaster situations that can happen to hospitals, more than half of the…

According to Japanese authorities, two children were killed and 17 others were injured in a stabbing spree on Tuesday, May 28th. The attack took place at Kawasaki, just 20 miles away from Tokyo while a group of children were waiting at a bus stop near an elementary school. The assailant, a 51-year…

In a statement released by the Tokyo Police, a car ran over 16 mostly kindergarten children who were walking along a sidewalk. The car had collided with a second vehicle and ultimately veered on the sidewalk striking the children. Two, two-year-old children were pronounced dead and the condition of…