Medical technology
Jens Spahn (CDU), Federal Minister of Health, shows the Corona Warn app with a sample digital vaccination certificate as well as his own old vaccination certificate at the regular press conference on the Corona situation in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 10, 2021. One of the topics is the digital vaccination certificate. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Germany starts rolling out a digital EU vaccination pass

By Kirsten Grieshaber Jun. 10, 2021 08:01 AM EDT

Screenshot made on Tuesday May 18, 2021 showing part of the ransom negotiation page on the darknet site of Conti, a Russian-speaking ransomware group, demanding $20 million from Ireland's publicly funded health care system. Ireland's health system struggled to restore computers and treat patients Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire information technology system in response to a ransomware attack by Conti. The gang had threatened on Monday to "start publishing and selling your private information very soon," if it did not receive the money. (Photo via AP)
Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack

By Sylvia Hui, Danica Kirka And Frank Bajak May. 18, 2021 01:57 PM EDT

Medical equipment venture to invest $150M, hiring 1,200

May. 03, 2021 07:05 PM EDT
BROUSSARD, La. (AP) — A company that makes personal protective equipment will open two factories near Lafayette, hiring more than 1,200 people. ...

Data accident releases COVID-19 results for 25% of Wyoming

By Mead Gruver Apr. 27, 2021 07:20 PM EDT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming Department of Health employee working with computer code accidentally released COVID-19 test results for one-quarter of the...

A member of staff passes in front of a collection of portraits of medical staff at Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, in Paris, Thursday, April 22, 2021. France still had nearly 6,000 critically ill patients in ICUs this week as the government embarked on the perilous process of gingerly easing the country out of its latest lockdown, too prematurely for those on pandemic frontlines in hospitals. President Emmanuel Macron's decision to reopen elementary schools on Monday and allow people to move about more freely again in May, even though ICU numbers have remained stubbornly higher than at any point since the pandemic's catastrophic first wave, marks another shift in multiple European capitals away from prioritizing hospitals. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams

By John Leicester Apr. 24, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

Online 'backdoor' used by 2,700 to schedule vaccinations

Feb. 01, 2021 10:02 AM EST
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's largest health care provider canceled COVID-19 vaccine appointments for about 2,700 people after learning they jumped the...

FILE - This Oct. 21, 2019 file, photo shows Johnson's Baby Aloe & Vitamin E Powder in Salt Lake City. Johnson & Johnson reported a strong finish to the year, overcoming the disruption of the global pandemic on some parts of its business like medical devices. The New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company said it had profit of 65 cents per share. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
J&J 4Q sales rise despite pandemic, but charges cut profits

Jan. 26, 2021 07:12 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Dallas Morning News. Jan. 22, 2021. Editorial: Denton County sheriff’s deputies took the wrong approach to a racist and dangerous situation...

Lands' End, Luminex rise; Boston Scientific, Carnival fall

Jan. 12, 2021 04:18 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Tuesday: Becton, Dickinson and Co., up $5.97 to $263.08. ...

Respiratory therapist sentenced for stealing COVID equipment

Jan. 12, 2021 08:47 AM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — A respiratory therapist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing a...

A demonstrator wears a face shield with a red handprint, mimicking blood, to protest Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the deadly coronavirus pandemic in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Protesters also called for the immediate start of COVID-19 vaccinations. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts

By Diane Jeantet And Mauricio Savarese Jan. 01, 2021 12:01 AM EST

Pennsylvania spent $35M on plastic face shields in early '20

By Mark Scolforo Dec. 19, 2020 09:43 AM EST
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Nearly a third of the $110 million that Pennsylvania spent on personal protective equipment and ventilators in the early months of the...

NH avoided upfront costs for virus gear, spent half locally

By Holly Ramer Dec. 19, 2020 09:43 AM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire ordered $78 million worth of personal protective equipment and medical devices in the first several months of the...

FILE — In this March 24, 2020 file photo, Vincent Dellova, a coordinator at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse, packs up a ventilator, part of a shipment of 400, in New York. New York and New Jersey, early hot spots during the COVID-19 pandemic, have so far declined to release detailed breakdowns of their spending on personal protective gear and medical equipment during the first frenzied months of the virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
New York, New Jersey hide full details of virus spending

By Marina Villeneuve And Mike Catalini Dec. 19, 2020 09:13 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, Deb Dalsing, nurse manager of the COVID-19 treatment unit at UW Health assists nurse Ainsley Billesbach with her personal protective equipment at the hospital in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin spent at least $99 million on personal protective gear and medical equipment such as ventilators during the chaotic early months of the coronavirus pandemic, with almost all the money going to out-of-state suppliers, an Associated Press analysis shows. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
AP: Wisconsin spent $99M on medical gear early in pandemic

By Todd Richmond Dec. 19, 2020 09:04 AM EST

In this image made from video released by the State of West Virginia, a nurse administers a coronavirus shot to west Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Charleston, W.Va. The 69-year-old Republican governor said he would receive a shot before cameras which would make him one of the first top elected officials in the country to get vaccinated. Officials said they want to demonstrate their confidence in the vaccine. (State of West Virginia via AP)
W. Virginia spent relatively little on virus protective gear

By Cuneyt Dil Dec. 19, 2020 08:48 AM EST

Workers lay a stencil onto material as they manufacture personal protection equipment for hospitals, on the Louisiana State University campus, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, April 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Louisiana shopped the globe for protective gear in pandemic

By Melinda Deslatte Dec. 19, 2020 08:27 AM EST

Eric Lewallen takes a photo of himself on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in La Crosse, Kansas. Lewallen, a radiology technician has been sleeping in an RV in the parking lot of his rural Kansas hospital because his co-workers are out sick with COVID-19 and no one else is available to take X-rays. (Eric Lewallen via The AP)
As virus spreads, Kansas hospital runs out of staff

By Heather Hollingsworth Dec. 07, 2020 01:11 PM EST

In this photo provided by University of Vermont Health Network, Sarah Shields, a patient account representative at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vt., runs paper lab orders on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. After the Oct. 28, cyberattack, administrators scrambled to keep the hospital operational — cancelling non-urgent appointments, reverting to pen-and-paper record keeping and rerouting some critical care patients to nearby hospitals. (Ryan Mercer/University of Vermont Health Network via AP)
As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom

By Marion Renault And Wilson Ring Dec. 04, 2020 10:21 AM EST

Toy drive at Mississippi children's hospital going virtual

Nov. 21, 2020 11:23 AM EST
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An annual holiday toy drive at Mississippi’s only children’s hospital is going virtual this year to limit the spread of coronavirus. ...