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Studies of steroids, including the generic drug dexamethasone, have found that these drugs can reduce deaths in patients hospitalized with serious cases of COVID-19.

Inexpensive Steroids Can Save Lives Of Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients

7:06pm September 02, 2020

by Richard Harris

Multiple studies now confirm earlier research: Dexamethasone and hydrocortisone, drugs that reduce an immune system's overreaction, can help reduce deaths of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Table showing richest and poorest countries by gross national income

Pandemic Perspective: What The 20 Poorest And Richest Countries Spend On Health Care

4:22pm June 13, 2020

A rich country might spend $5,000 or more on health care per person. A poor country might spend as little as $19 per person. How will that affect responses to the novel coronavirus?

A shipment of medical aid from the United States, including 50 ventilators, appears inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane Thursday at Vnukovo International Airport outside Moscow.

U.S. Sends Ventilators To Russia In $5.6 Million Coronavirus Aid Package

4:03pm May 21, 2020

by Charles Maynes

The U.S. government delivers 50 American-made ventilators on Thursday and will send another 150 next week.

Elham Mansori, Florence Poya, Nahida Khajazadeh and Somaya Farooqi, members of the Afghan Dreamers, are building a mechanized version of the hand-operated ventilator.

All-Girl Robotics Team In Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator ... With Car Parts

10:46am May 21, 2020

Automated ventilators are expensive. Hand-operated ventilators require a lot of labor. So these teens are on a quest to create a mechanized bag-valve-mask that'll do the job.

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Todd Olson's company, Twin City Die Castings, played a key role in an urgent project to help General Motors make ventilators for the coronavirus effort.

How His Small Factory Got Drafted Into Crafting A Key Component For Ventilators

4:56pm May 20, 2020

by Kenny Malone

Todd Olson is CEO of a Minneapolis manufacturer that played a key role in a project to help General Motors make ventilators for the pandemic. He calls the effort "our biggest moment."

A nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan holds a cellphone last month so a COVID-19 patient can see and listen to his family.

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New Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators Usually Survive

4:16pm May 15, 2020

by Jon Hamilton

Early reports found death rates as high as 90% among COVID-19 patients on ventilators. But some hospitals are now reporting mortality lower than 30%.

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Nurses reposition an intubated COVID-19 patient in a prone position in the intensive care unit at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, Calif., on April 10.

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After The ICU, Many COVID-19 Survivors Face A Long Recovery

4:42pm April 21, 2020

by Jon Hamilton

David Williams, 54, spent eight days on a ventilator after he got COVID-19. Weeks after being discharged from the hospital, he still needs an oxygen tube and a walker.

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A Model A-E ventilator, left, and a simple test lung. Ford plans to begin manufacturing the simple ventilator that operates on air pressure, without the need for electricity, next week.

Ford Says It's On Track To Begin Making Ventilators Next Week

3:12pm April 16, 2020

by Maureen Pao

The carmaker will be able to manufacture 50,000 ventilators by July 4, a Ford official tells Morning Edition. It is retooling a plant in Michigan, which is scheduled to begin operations Monday.

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General Motors and Ventec Life Systems are partnering to produce ventilators at the GM manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Ind.

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GM Will Build 30,000 Ventilators For U.S. Government

12:50pm April 08, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

The ventilators will be delivered to the national stockpile by August. The contract, worth nearly $500 million, is the first ventilator order placed using the Defense Production Act.

A ventilator and other hospital equipment is seen in an emergency field hospital to aid in the coronavirus pandemic in Central Park in New York City on Tuesday.

Ventilator Shortages Loom As States Ponder Rules For Rationing

1:02pm April 03, 2020

Many states are projected to have excessive demand for ventilator machines in the coming weeks, but no state government has formally asked hospitals to prepare for difficult and complex crisis triage.