Crisis Response

Chicago – October 15, 2026 -- The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) is one of 24 associations profiled in a new book on how professional bodies guided their members through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author Joanna M. Pineda documents association response across health care and education

"When It Mattered Most: The Untold Story of How Associations Protected Professions and Saved Industries During the Pandemic" was written by association executive Joanna M. Pineda. It covers organizations in health care, education and other industries. AAE appears in the health care section with a chapter titled "When the Pain Can't Wait."

Pineda wrote the book to document pandemic response that often happened outside public view. Associations had to interpret rapidly changing information, advocate for their professions and supply resources to members when no established playbook existed.

Hamilton, ON – October 06, 2026 -- Latitude Air Ambulance has confirmed that all six people aboard its Heartbeat 104 medevac flight, including four company crew members, are presumed dead after the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search and rescue operation.

Coast Guard releases names of six people aboard the Bermuda-to-Boston medevac flight

The aircraft was flying a medical evacuation route from Bermuda to Boston, Massachusetts, carrying four Latitude employees, a patient and a family escort. The U.S. Coast Guard publicly identified all six individuals on board, while the Bermuda Police Service had earlier released the names of the patient and the family escort.