Category: Healthcare & Policy

Healthcare & Policy

Drive DeVilbiss Offers 3D Interactive Instructions for At-Home Medical Equipment Assembly

Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare is partnering with BILT Inc to make it easier for users to assemble products at home with the help of 3D, step-by-step instructions.

Healthcare & Policy

Hotter Weather Linked to Increases in COPD Exacerbations

Each one-degree Celsius increase in ambient temperature was associated with a 2% increase in the likelihood of COPD exacerbations in the following two days among current and former smokers with the disease.

Healthcare & Policy

CDC Creates Forecasting Center on Infectious Diseases

The CDC will launch a new center designed to advance the use of forecasting and outbreak analytics in public health decision making.

Environmental News

Hotter Weather Linked to Increases in COPD Exacerbations

Home Care

NIH/NHLBI Funding Home Spirometer Used for Cystic Fibrosis Patients

A startup company developing a video game-based pulmonary rehab device adapted its product into a home spirometer during the COVID-19 pandemic with the support of NIH/NHLBI funding.

Occupational Health

Healthcare Workers Three-times More Likely to be Infected by SARS-CoV-2

Healthcare workers were three times more likely to become infected during with SARS-CoV-2 compared to the general population, with 20% asymptomatic and unaware they had COVID-19, according to a study published in ERJ Open Research.

General Healthcare

Engineering Nanoparticles for Medication Delivery to the Lungs

Bioengineers are developing a medication delivery method using nanoparticles coated in a cell membrane that’s been genetically engineered to look for and bind to inflamed lung cells.

Medicare & Medicaid

Respiratory Groups Want to Reduce Barriers to Noninvasive Ventilation

A technical expert panel (TEP) on optimal noninvasive ventilation (NIV) issued recommendations for...