Ventilators are one of the most important tools hospitals have for keeping Covid-19 patients in the most critical condition alive. The number of Covid-19 cases is growing at such a rapid pace, it is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. These machines are not only complicated to build and procure, ...

In the coronavirus pandemic, ventilators, the medical devices that help patients breathe, are highly sought after and hard to find – but they are not always successful. One in six COVID-19 patients ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Public officials have warned that there are not enough ventilators -- life-saving devices using in hospital ICUs -- to treat the rapidly rising number of people who are becoming ...

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Less-invasive ventilators use a mask rather than a tube inserted into the patient's throat. Image Credit: Juanmonino, iStock Share On March 20, as severe cases of COVID-19 spiked in northern Italy, ...

Hospitals have to stretch their resources during health emergencies like the swine flu pandemic of 2009 and the current COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC has a document that lays out the ethical landscape of ...

On Monday, March 9th, Jake Kittell, a research engineer and machinist who builds scientific equipment for the University of Vermont, in Burlington, came into work fired up. Approaching another ...

EATON, Ohio – At a family-owned manufacturing company on the western edge of the state, the indoor pickleball courts, normally a staff favorite during breaks, are empty because of social distancing, ...