For Americans across the country, Independence Day is a cause for celebration – but it’s a day that can also present a serious health hazard. Fireworks – which illuminate the sky each year ...
Apparently, emergency rooms in the US handle more than 10,000 fireworks-related injuries annually, ranging from simple burns to loss of fingers and hands. However, for some reason or other in ...
The horrifying injuries came after a large mortar-style firework tipped over just after ... some of the people that didn't even look that bad will die because their lungs were burned out,' Hawaii ...
A fourth person was killed in a different fireworks explosion elsewhere on Oahu, officials said. At least four other serious injuries occurred in unrelated fireworks accidents overnight.
Fireworks – which illuminate the sky each year in celebration of the Fourth of July around the U.S. – also are tied to thousands of injuries and some deaths each year. Along with at least ...
The Queen’s Health Systems’ Punchbowl, West Oahu and Wahiawa emergency departments received and cared for nearly 40 people with fireworks-related injuries from Tuesday night into Wednesday ...
THE Department of Health (DoH) late on Saturday said firework-related injuries this holiday season have breached the 700-mark. DoH has recorded 771 cases from Dec. 22 to Jan. 2, 27.6% higher than the ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported 170 additional firework-related injuries and one new death on Friday, January 3, bringing the total number of injuries to 704 as ...
Four days into 2025, the Department of Health (DOH) continued to report firecracker injuries, with the tally reaching 771 on Saturday since Dec. 22, including 39 new cases on New Year’s Eve and ...
Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks explosion on New Year’s are comparable to battlefield injuries HONOLULU ...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) — There is a 64 percent decrease in firework-related injuries during the 2024 holiday season compared to the previous year, the Department of Health (DOH) MIMAROPA ...