Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. These machines are not only complicated to build and procure, ...

In some COVID-19 cases, the virus can attack a patient's respiratory system, wreaking havoc on the lungs. The question many are left seeking an answer for is how exactly ventilators help severely ill ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — When a disease causes a patient’s lungs to fail, a ventilator is often used to take over the body’s breathing process. The air flows through a tube that goes in the patient’s ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Public officials have warned that there are not enough ventilators -- life-saving devices using in hospital ICUs -- to treat the rapidly rising number of people who are becoming ...

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, with one piece of lifesaving medical equipment in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. A ventilator helps patients who cannot ...

Ventilators are key in the treating the most dire cases of coronavirus. The exponential growth of infections, and the number of patients in respiratory distress, has outpaced the number of available ...