The crush of COVID-19 patients is overwhelming the health care system. This is a Kaiser Health News story. As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat ...

Additionally, even if a portable ventilator that utilizes pure oxygen tanks were to be used in a patient's home, there would still be the logistical matter of having to frequently refill or replace ...

Robert and Michael Stadelman work on their ventilator prototype on the floor of their kitchen. Like the rest of us, the Stadelman family—Erin and Robert Stadelman, and their son Michael— are ...

A project that implemented targeted screening for candida auris in ventilator-assisted healthcare facilities has found relatively high rates of colonization in nursing homes, and evidence that testing ...

Woman says husband suffering from ALS needs machine, can't get one for a year Woman says husband suffering from ALS needs machine, can't get one for a year Woman says husband suffering from ALS needs ...

For millions of people living with asthma, even the air inside their homes can make breathing difficult. But researchers at ...

LOS ANGELES — Sabrina Renteria of Bakersfield unfolded the letter from her son’s medical equipment supply company. Her eyes scanned the text. She looked away, shocked. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Biomedical Engineer Juan Jesús Mejia Fernandez, right, from the National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition, pulls a ventilator called VSZ-20-2, designed at the institute's Biomedical ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - After nearly 30 days on a ventilator, recovery didn't seem likely for one Cedar Rapids resident battling COVID-19. Dudley Hiles was in such bad condition that when doctors turned off ...