A ventilator is a machine that helps you breathe or takes breaths for you. It can be a lifesaver if you have a health condition that causes you to struggle to get air. You may know about the type of ...

Patients experiencing respiratory failure need help fast. One of the most common therapies involves use of positive pressure via a breathing tube and ventilator to push air into the lungs. “The ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Doctors who are participating in the fight to control the spreading coronavirus may end up using special negative pressure rooms to help isolate the virus. In the city and ...

The Klotz Student Health Center’s 150 square-foot negative-pressure room is the first of its kind in the California State University system, and it has become an important part of ensuring the safety ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean researchers say they have designed an inflatable "negative pressure" ward for isolating and treating patients with infectious diseases like COVID-19, after the pandemic ...

MILWAUKEE — As people around the globe navigate the rapidly evolving novel COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson Controls continues to power the mission of hospitals around the world. According to the CDC and ...

Michigan researchers and engineers have introduced a portable negative pressure tent that could have a very positive impact on hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases. “We have had requests for this ...

During a pandemic of an airborne infectious disease, the number of patients needing hospital-based healthcare services may exceed available negative-pressure isolation room capacity. To evaluate one ...

As hospitalizations for COVID-19 rise dramatically across the country, hospitals are once again facing looming shortages of beds, ventilators and even nurses, sending them scrambling to stretch their ...

COVID-19 vaccines will not completely eliminate the virus and make everything go back to normal right away. Instead, it is likely COVID-19 will be around for several years. Communities will have to ...