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HHS Cancelling Ventilator Contracts, Says Stockpile Is Full
The Trump administration is cancelling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring
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House Panel Opens Probe of White House Trade Advisor Navarro After Abrupt Cancellation of Ventilator Contract
A House oversight subcommittee has opened a probe of all federal contracts negotiated by White House trade advisor Peter Navarro after the Trump administration abruptly canceled the bulk of a $646 million ventilator contract with Royal Philips, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., told CNBC on Monday.
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Husky Manufacturing Shifts Production to Make Ventilators
As more companies are changing the way they do business right now, one Midwest manufacturer is shifting production to what could be a life-saving device. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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Why US Hospitals Are Going Bankrupt
Hospitals across the United States are facing financial ruin.
As coronavirus spreads across rural America, many struggling hospitals are seeing a massive loss of revenue after they were forced to cancel profitable elective procedures.
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‘I Died and Came Back': 12-Year-Old Recovers From Virus
The parents of a 12-year-old girl from the New Orleans area are overjoyed that their daughter has recovered from a near-death coronavirus infection.
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Fact Check: Trump Wrong About Ventilators
President Donald Trump falsely claimed that his administration was not initially able to meet the increasing demand for ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients because “we weren’t left ventilators by a previous administration.” We can’t say for sure how many ventilators there were in the Strategic National Stockpile when Trump took office, but there were likely thousands. A 2017 article published by...
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British Doctors Warn Some Chinese Ventilators Could Kill If Used in Hospitals
Senior British doctors have warned that 250 ventilators the United Kingdom bought from China risk causing “significant patient harm, including death,” if they are used in hospitals, according to a letter seen by NBC News.
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Covid-19 Has Changed Approach to Living Wills, Lawyers Say
Estate attorneys are getting requests, and proposing to clients, that living wills be altered because of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly one section.
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NASA Boasts New COVID-19 Ventilator Made By Rocket Scientists
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed a new high-pressure ventilator that is tailored for COVID-19 patients. The ventilator, codenamed VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), passed a critical test on Tuesday at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York. With a high demand of traditional ventilators and short supply worldwide, NASA engineers hope to introduce...
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GE, Ford Sign $336M Federal Contract to Make Ventilators
General Electric and Ford Motor will produce 50,000 ventilators for the U.S. government under the Defense Production Act for $336 million, federal officials announced Thursday.
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Grad Student Builds Ventilator Using Home Depot Supplies
UCLA Biodesign Fellow Glen Meyerowitz built the device in a few hours and is hoping it can serve as a proof-of-concept for a low-cost ventilator that could help hospitals with ventilator shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Doctor Explains How Ventilators Work During the Coronavirus
For patients that develop severe respiratory failure, around 20% of the population that is hospitalized requires a ventilator. A doctor from Northwestern Medicine explains how these life-saving devices function in Chicago’s intensive care units. NBC 5 Lauren Petty reports.
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US States Share, Get Creative in Hunt for Medical Supplies
With the federal stockpile drained of protective gear, states are turning to each other, private industries and anyone who can donate in a desperate bid to get respirators, gloves and other supplies to doctors, nurses and other front-line workers.
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Some Doctors Moving Away From Ventilators for Virus Patients, Citing Death Rate
Health officials around the world are pushing to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, but some doctors actually are moving away from using the machines.
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Md. Engineers Converting Breast Pumps Into Ventilators
A group of engineers in Maryland says breast pumps — machines many moms have at home — could be a game-changer in saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic. “This has been really exciting for me,” engineer Rachel Labatt said. Labatt, Brandi and Grant Gerstner, Alex Scott and Director Tommy Luginbill are a team of engineers from southern Maryland. They say…
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‘You're Playing Russian Roulette With This Virus,' Warns Doctor Treating COVID-19 Patients
As hospitals get busier with more coronavirus patients, a Chicago doctor is sharing his story to warn people who aren’t taking the pandemic seriously.
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‘You're Playing Russian Roulette With This Virus,' Warns Doctor After Treating COVID-19 Patients
As hospitals get busier with more coronavirus patients, a Chicago doctor is sharing his story to warn people who aren’t taking the pandemic seriously. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio has more.
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Gov. Pritzker: ‘If Action Had Been Taken Earlier, a Lot Fewer Lives Would be Lost'
As the projected peak in coronavirus cases in Illinois grows nearer, so too does Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s worry that the amount of supplies necessary to care for sick patients and protect health care workers won’t be there when that day comes. Donning a mask as he approached the podium Sunday for his daily press conference, Pritzker was critical...
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Gov. Pritzker Announces Childcare Assistance for Essential Workers
On Sunday Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Illinois will expand eligibility of the state’s childcare assistance program to all essential workers.
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Trump on Potential Coronavirus Treatment: ‘What Really Do We Have to Lose?'
President Donald Trump defended his statements in support of using malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus at a press conference on Sunday, despite experts on the White House task force denying there is any scientific evidence to suggest it would be an effective remedy for the virus.