The ventilators, which are required by patients in intensive care units (ICU) who are seriously ill with respiratory diseases like COVID-19, flu, and tuberculosis, are both simpler and cheaper to make ...

Just this week, the coronavirus pandemic passed 2 million confirmed infections and 130,000 deaths worldwide. With such a rapid rise in cases, hospitals are struggling with the shortage of ventilators, ...

A new low-cost ventilator design invented during COVID-19 could address the global shortage of ventilators for other respiratory diseases. The ventilators, which are required by patients in intensive ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — With a surge in the number of cases of the highly infectious new coronavirus possibly just weeks away, nearly half of the state's 2,915 intensive care unit hospital beds and ...

Michael Du Pont, deputy director for the county Department of Transportation, reaches for another bag to hand out during the Pukalani Superette, Sysco Hawaii and Maui County produce distribution event ...

A year and a half into the pandemic, Louisiana is now facing its worst surge of coronavirus yet — and health care workers are once again overwhelmed. "I can't explain the feeling of defeat when you ...

Sticking to safety protocols developed over the past 20 years would help — even in a crisis. The coronavirus pandemic is instilling chaos that is shaking the world. When intensive care units are ...

MADISON, Wis. (WLUK) -- UW Health officials are studying how plasma from recovered patients can help those who are currently ill. Researchers looked at 31 patients in the study. 94% of "severe" ...