A team of Amazon engineers from its drone delivery unit worked with a group of 3D printing volunteers to develop reusable face shields for frontline workers, the company announced in a blog post Thursday. Amazon Prime Air’s mechanical design and hardware teams adapted the design for the shields from the Washington State 3D Face Shield…
Dr Arghavan Salles In a video posted on Twitter, Dr Arghavan Salles joked about having “a small head” for PPE. There is growing concern that standard personal protective equipment (PPE), which often has a unisex design, doesn’t always fit women properly.PPE is essential for protecting frontline workers exposed to Covid-19.The Department…
Dozens of health workers in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, have staged a sit-in to protest against working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic, including a “critical” shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to treat patients. Footage circulating on social media on Tuesday showed doctors and nurses in uniforms outside the Queen Elizabeth…
Reporters practice social distancing in the US Senate studio during a news conference. Tom Williams/ For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus pandemic has upended life across the globe. Health care systems are scrambling to control the virus, and governments are instituting strict social distancing measures to…
CLOSE How hospitals across the U.S. are finding creative ways to handle a potential shortage in nurses, doctors, other medical staff due to COVID-19. USA TODAYA week after recovering from a fever, nurse Maria Gray was given a surgical mask and assigned to Research Medical Center’s ward of patients suspected of having the virus that…
As cities and states have raced to shut down businesses to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the roads have gone quieter. Normally gridlocked cities like Los Angeles and Chicago have seen much faster traffic speeds during so-called rush hour—53 percent and 70 percent, respectively—as residents hunker down and hope social distancing does its work.But shelter-in-place…
