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A FEMA spokesperson told CNN the agency was preparing to coordinate shipments of PPE, such as surgical masks, gowns and gloves, to nursing homes across the country. This decision comes a few weeks after the start of the response to the coronavirus and targets the facilities hardest hit by the pandemic. Nursing homes have been …

Bai leads a team of 12 volunteer people who try to find great deals before someone else does. The group, which is called People first, has approximately $ 3 million at its disposal which has been donated to a fund managed by the Boston Foundation non-profit. By the middle of last week, they had placed …

People make medical shields, masks to protect frontline workers during pandemic The makerspace at the Rockwood Library is usually filled with kids in classes making superhero costumes, honing their clay techniques, or making jewelry. But the COVID-19 emergency turned it into a workshop to make face shields and fabric masks for frontline healthcare workers. “We …

With first responders and healthcare workers at risk every day, the people of Houston County are rallying to help them stay safer. WARNER ROBINS, GA – The school is open throughout central Georgia, but Houston County FireStarter FABLab volunteers are learning a new skill – how to make personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. “Day …

At least a dozen nurses demonstrated outside the White House on Tuesday asking the administration to take action to acquire more personal protective equipment (PPE), reading aloud the names of 50 nurses who died from the coronavirus. “We are here because our colleagues are dying. I think right now people see us as heroes, but …

At one of the largest nursing home chains in the United States, Genesis Healthcare, which has 45,000 beds, the shortage of protective gowns for workers and lack of rapid tests has forced it to catch up with a rate of raging infection, although more were needed. supplies have become more accessible in recent weeks. “This …

Nurses have sometimes been advised to make makeshift masks using paper towels, staples and rubber bands. A nurse in full protective gear takes a sample from a suspected Covid-19 patient. Image: Roni Lehti / Lehtikuva Yle News Just over 60% of doctors caring for patients with Covid-19 report having enough personal protective equipment (PPE) for …