As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the United States have a cache ― about 8,200 of the lifesaving machines, ...

While nursing homes can care for residents on ventilators on their regular floors, in practice few do. From April through June, fewer than 10% of nursing homes had long-stay residents breathing with ...

The number of nursing home residents with advanced dementia who get hooked up to breathing machines has roughly doubled in recent years even though this doesn't appear to help them live longer, a U.S.

From bed-sized iron lungs to portable, computer-controlled systems, the ventilators used to treat life-threatening respiratory diseases—and so much in demand today—have had a 'remarkable journey." It ...

LOWER GWYNEDD – With the ongoing coronavirus crisis spurring a need for medical personnel and equipment around the world, a local university has made a potentially lifesaving donation, as students get ...

As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the United States have a cache ― about 8,200 of the lifesaving machines, ...

On vacation in Mexico last year, Michael DiPlacido passed out twice while scuba diving and again in his hotel. Back in St. Louis, doctors diagnosed him with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, an ...

As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the United States have a cache ― about 8,200 of the lifesaving machines, ...

Nursing home ventilators are not included in his order, but they are included in the state’s tally of the machines. Dr. Michael Kalafer, a pulmonologist and the medical director at two San Diego ...