Face masks required for accident and emergency visits

A hospital has asked people to wear face masks at its accident and emergency department. The Royal Surrey County Hospital in ...
WRAL

Area hospitals seek donated protective gear, medical supplies, homemade masks

RALEIGH, N.C. — As the coronavirus outbreak puts more stress on hospitals nationwide, major Triangle hospital systems have asked for donations of medical supplies, especially personal protective ...
Post-Bulletin

Hospital workers make masks from office supplies amid US shortage

Hospital workers in Washington state have been making protective medical gear out of office supplies and other run-of-the-mill materials as they deal with a severe shortage of equipment needed to care ...
Becker's Hospital Review

MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital design reusable N95 mask

Bioengineers at Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology teamed up with clinicians at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital to design N95 masks that can be sterilized for reuse. As ...
The New York Times

Health Care Workers Still Face Daunting Shortages of Masks and Other P.P.E.

Frontline medical personnel in hospitals and nursing homes are urging the incoming Biden administration to use the Defense Production Act to increase manufacturing of personal protective equipment. By ...
Los Angeles Times

Why the U.S. still hasn’t solved its mask and glove shortages

There’s been some good news about the pandemic this week along with all the bad: A first vaccine is being rolled out, and another is on the way. But a long, hard winter still lies ahead, and we’re ...