The law requires hospitals to reduce their buildings' risk of collapse by 2020 and to remain operational after an earthquake by 2030. This study, which builds upon earlier RAND research on the law's cost to hospitals, focuses on the 2030 deadline.... The researchers note that this presents a challenge to the state's hospital industry, with 34 percent of all hospitals currently in some form of financial distress.... Members of that group consisted of stakeholders with diverse views—private-sect

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Seismic activity has risen in central Idaho in the past 20 months, prompting fears of something

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Seismic activity has increased at Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia as authorities advise the