Medical equipment
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. ...

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...

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...

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

A woman wears a protective mask at the Astoria in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. As a new element of government protection measures against the coronavirus epidemic, mask wearing is mandatory in some public areas of settlements with more than 10,000 inhabitants. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP)
Hungary's doctors warn of soaring coronavirus deaths ahead

By Justin Spike Nov. 17, 2020 09:27 AM EST

Taiwan processor chip maker to set up $3.5 billion U.S. arm

Nov. 10, 2020 09:13 AM EST
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese maker of processor chips for Apple Inc. and other customers plans to invest $3.5 billion to set up its second U.S....

GM, Ford complete US contracts to build breathing machines

Sep. 01, 2020 09:19 AM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it has finished making 30,000 medical breathing machines for the U.S. government to help treat coronavirus patients. ...

Engineering faculty and workers at La Sabana University work on a low-cost ventilator for patients with COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, July 6, 2020. The machine called the Heron looks like many other ventilators used to treat COVID-19 patients, but this device costs about $4,000, a fifth of the price of ventilators imported from China, and it's made in Colombia, where some hospitals have been overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia turns to emergency ventilators to treat COVID-19

By Manuel Rueda Aug. 25, 2020 11:16 AM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden departs after speaking at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden wants US to produce more of its own pandemic supplies

By Will Weissert Jul. 07, 2020 12:32 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks as he tours Ford's Rawsonville Components Plant that has been converted to making personal protection and medical equipment, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Pandemic politics: Maskless Trump tours Michigan Ford plant

By Darlene Superville And Jonathan Lemire May. 21, 2020 03:25 PM EDT

In this photo taken Monday May 11, 2020 at OR Tambo Airport Johannesurg and supplied by the United States Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, showing U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks posing with ventilators donated by the U.S. Government. The United State is donating up to 1000 ventilators to assist with South Africa's national response to COVID-19. (Photo/Leon Kgoedi, United States Embassy South Africa via AP)
US gives 'up to 1,000' ventilators to South Africa for virus

By Andrew Meldrum May. 12, 2020 02:01 PM EDT

This 16-ounce bottle of Vermont Strong hand sanitizer, shown on April 29, 2020 at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, Vt., is part of the supply being made through a collaboration of local distilleries and a kombucha maker for the University of Vermont Health Network. The hospital had extra hand sanitizer but needed face shields, so it swapped with another hospital on one of several new online matchmaking platforms that enable hospitals to swap supplies or get donations of them to quickly fill supply gaps. (Charles Miceli/University of Vermont Medical Center via AP)
Hospitals turn to online matchmakers to swap supplies

By Linda A. Johnson May. 12, 2020 10:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2020, file photo Vice President Mike Pence tours the General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility with GM CEO and Chairman Mary Barra in Kokomo, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Becoming 'King of Ventilators' may result in unexpected glut

By Michael Biesecker And Tom Krisher May. 10, 2020 08:38 AM EDT

A parakeet sits on a branch as the moon rises in the background at Rome's Villa Pamphili park once it reopened after several weeks of closure, part of nationwide limited easing of some lockdown restrictions, on Monday, May 4, 2020. Italy began stirring again Monday after a two-month coronavirus shutdown, with 4.4 million Italians able to return to work and restrictions on movement eased in the first European country to lock down in a bid to stem COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
The Latest: Italy experts warn of 2nd wave after reopening

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2020 03:18 AM EDT

Members of the Equestrian Gendarmerie Units, which normally serve to protect the Topkapı Palace, wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus, as they patrol the beaches in Sariyer outside Istanbul, Saturday, May 2, 2020. The equestrian unit is used to patrol the beach area to enforce the curfew measures, restricting people from walking around or swimming. (Ibrahim Mase/DHA via AP)
Turkey eases export rules for medical devices used for virus

By Zeynep Bilginsoy May. 02, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, Turkish soldiers prepare to load a military cargo plane with Personal Protection Equipment donated by Turkey to help United States combat the new coronavirus outbreak, at the Etimesgut airport outside Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Turkey is sending a planeload of surgical masks, N95 masks and hazmat suits to U.S. to help the country battle the coronavirus outbreak.(Turkish Defence Ministry via AP)
Turkey sends medical equipment to help US fight virus

Apr. 28, 2020 05:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2020, file photo, a cargo flight containing over 6 million medical items including face masks, test kits, face shields and protective suits donated by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation for onward distribution to countries throughout Africa, arrives in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Africa is bracing for a surge in coronavirus cases, but its countries are far behind in the global race for medical equipment that’s dangerously scarce. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
Africa dangerously behind in global race for virus gear

By Cara Anna Apr. 24, 2020 02:24 AM EDT

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, left, greets his outgoing Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Health Minister Nelson Teich, not in picture, at Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, April 17, 2020. Mandetta had garnered support for his handling of the pandemic that included promotion of broad isolation measures enacted by state governors, but had drawn the ire of Bolsonaro, who has said shutting down the economy would cause more damage than confining only high-risk Brazilians. (AP Photo/Andre Borges)
Brazil's government, states fight for pandemic supplies

By Diane Jeantet Apr. 22, 2020 12:00 AM EDT