The United States flew 150 ventilators to Russia on Thursday, June 4, in an effort to help the nation—which has been beleaguered by ventilator fires and reports of old, broken devices—to help fight the novel coronavirus.
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In response to the global need for ventilators amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Fitbit has quickly developed Fitbit Flow, an automatic resuscitator.
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To say the COVID-19 pandemic affected business at Seattle-based medical device startup Vantec Life Systems would be a vast understatement. Two months ago, President Donald Trump tasked the company with producing ventilators alongside automotive giant General Motors. And the rest, they say, is history.
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has selected eight U.S. manufacturers to make a new ventilator for COVID-19 patients from a pool of more than 100 applicants.
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Here, 24×7 Magazine chief editor Keri Forsythe-Stephens shares how the pandemic has illuminated weak spots—particularly in the healthcare sector—and areas that need to change. She also reveals one person who is looking to shake things up in a big way.
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