It’s another sad reality of the COVID-19 era that some of the steps we’re taking to stay safe and combat the coronavirus spread are often in opposition to hard-fought efforts to curb the use of ...

It's estimated that billions of facemasks alone have made their way into oceans. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, pictures of smog-free skies circulated social media from Los Angeles to New ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The most common 3D printing materials used for PPE in hospitals leave “nooks and crannies” where bacteria may ...

To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks and gloves used by people to avoid the coronavirus and then discarded on the sand. In the past ...

(AP) — Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic are now throwing the items away. An Associated Press investigation found ...

Almost everyone knows by now that the U.S. was ill-prepared to combat Covid-19. But few realize that the structural problems in the supply chain that plagued the government’s response haven’t been ...

Procurement and Payment Services (PPS) has been centrally managing the purchase, payment, and distribution of PPE supplies on campus during Covid. This includes disposable masks, hand sanitizer, ...

LEOMINSTER – Mascon Medical donated more than 250,000 PPE items including masks, gowns, face shields, goggles, hand sanitizing wipes and electrostatic sprayers to Leominster and Fitchburg Emergency ...

Since pandemic conditions emerged last March, long-term care providers have been beset with how to find, purchase and extend the use of enough personal protective equipment. Experts provide valuable ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Tons of personal protective equipment, crucial during a pandemic, could now be at risk. The PPE, including one-size-fits-all isolation gowns, is being stored outside in the ...

The job of a paramedic is already a stressful one, but first responders in North Carolina say the novel coronavirus and its disease, COVID-19, are causing a new level of anxiety. "Definitely to me, ...