Sheldon Stevenson News Today

Gun violence in American is increasing, not only on crowded city streets, but in small towns that don't have access to the trauma care that can save lives.

Eighteen people were killed and 13 more were injured in shootings at a Lewiston, Maine, bar and a bowling alley on Oct. 25, setting off a multiday search for the gunman, whose body was found two days later.

If called upon to do the impossible, I too want to be able to step up

As the hospital braced for what would prove to be its worst disaster ever, the staff knew what they had to do, but knew little of what they might face.

We need to let doctors and EMS providers use their best clinical judgment about where a victim of traumatic injury should go.

We need to let doctors and EMS providers use their best clinical judgment about where a victim of traumatic injury should go.

Dr. Nirav Shah of the Maine CDC says 'one hypothesis' is that vaccines and immunity acquired through exposure to the disease are combining to suppress the virus.