Ventilators
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Surgeon general tells hospitals they can split ventilators to ease demand as ‘absolute last resort’
March 31, 2020 / By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News The Trump administration on Tuesday told hospitals they can start splitting ventilators between two…
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Ford VP on collaborative effort to ramp up ventilator production: Goal is 60 per hour
March 31, 2020 / By Julia Musto | Fox News Ford Motors’ partnership with General Electric (GE) and Airon Corp. to build 50,000 new ventilators in the fight…
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Pentagon to buy 8,000 ventilators in $84M deal, officials say
March 30, 2020 / By Louis Casiano | Fox News The Pentagon will spend $84.4 million to purchase 8,000 ventilators from four vendors, according to a…
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Federal agencies warned of ventilator shortages for nearly two decades
March 30, 2020 / By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News The overwhelming number of coronavirus patients flooding hospitals across the U.S. has resulted in…
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President Trump Invokes The Defense Production Act, Orders General Motors To Make Ventilators
March 27, 2020 / Matt Perez, Forbes Staff Topline: A day after saying “we don’t need” the Defense Production Act, which…
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‘On-the-job emergency training’: Hospitals may run low on staff to run ventilators for coronavirus patients
March 27, 2020 / Kevin McCoy and Katie Wedell, USA TODAY As the coronavirus threatens the nation’s health care system, hospitals are seeking…
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‘This is a war’: NYC doctors describe fight against coronavirus as cases surge
March 26, 2020 / By Daniella Silva and Jareen Imam Overfilled waiting rooms packed with people who are contagious. Patients waiting…
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New York is experimenting with splitting one ventilator between two patients
March 24, 2020 / BY SOPHIE LEWIS Health officials in New York are experimenting with the possibility of having two patients…
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Ford partners with 3M, GE Healthcare to make respirators, ventilators to fight coronavirus
March 24, 2020 / Phoebe Wall Howard Ford Motor Company announced Tuesday that it will join the effort to “speed production”…
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Coronavirus outbreak: How can providers allocate resources fairly?
March 23, 2020 / Modern Healthcare Dr. Zeke Emanuel and several other experts write in NEJM that COVID-19 has already sparked medical…
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‘Desperate’ shortage of ventilators for coronavirus patients puts manufacturers on wartime footing
March 19, 2020 / By Emma Reynolds and Eoin McSweeney, CNN Business London (CNN Business)Governments and manufacturers are adopting drastic…
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