MeSH tree: E07.950
When the power goes out and stays off for hours, the result can be more than just a hassle—for millions of Americans who rely on medical equipment, losing electricity can become a medical emergency.
Mar 18, 2026
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The CSA Group—a not-for-profit standards organization—released for review a new draft standard on the "Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators" (CSA Z94.4:25) for workplaces, specifically including health care. This new standard ...
Nov 3, 2025
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When a big storm hits, Peninsula Hospital could be underwater.
Oct 8, 2025
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In the United States, the market for durable medical equipment (DME)—including oxygen concentrators, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines and peritoneal kidney dialysis machines—has a projected market increase ...
May 7, 2025
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Anna Goldman, a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, got tired of hearing that her patients couldn't afford the electricity needed to run breathing assistance machines, recharge wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning, ...
Dec 18, 2024
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Kimberly Rubit had one priority in mind as Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston this summer: her severely disabled daughter.
Nov 23, 2024
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About 7% of dairy workers exposed to the avian flu that is spreading through U.S. herds have become infected themselves, federal experts estimate.
Nov 7, 2024
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Airborne viruses will be called "pathogens that transmit through the air" under new terminology the World Health Organization hopes will end a scientific rift that hampered the early response to COVID-19.
Apr 19, 2024
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Major retailers Bunnings and IKEA have announced this week they will discontinue selling engineered stone. While this might mean you have to rethink your plans for your new kitchen benchtops, it's a positive step that will ...
Nov 16, 2023
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A team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a faster and more comprehensive way of testing personal protective equipment, or PPE. The basic principle: modeling a device to fit the human form and human behavior.
Aug 2, 2023
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