personal protective equipment

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu and a handful of other officials, including Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, greeted a FedEx charter flight aboard a Boeing 777 carrying 450,000 gowns.

The New York Times talks to the innovators and entrepreneurs who have jumped in to help make personal protective equipment for first responders.

The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again

The Rutledge family of Simsbury, Conn., decided to make a sign for their front yard to thank essential workers during the pandemic – then the requests from neighbors started rolling in. The family of five has now made almost 1,000 signs and raised $11,000 in donations to help make PPE for nearby medical facilities.

As restaurants around the world look for ways to safely reopen, some restaurants in France are experimenting with plastic domes to help keep restaurant workers and diners healthy.

Before coronavirus numbers in the U.S. significantly spiked, Dina Akel was already keenly aware of the virus’s dangers. Her husband’s family is from China, where the virus originated.  “We were kind of scared that it was going to happen here. And low and behold things did occur,” Akel said.  When it became clear that the US had a shortage...

A nurse found out Wednesday what happens when you contradict President Donald Trump on how well coronavirus response efforts are going while standing near him in the Oval Office.

Officials in Russia say two doctors have died and another was seriously hurt in falls from hospital windows after they reportedly came under pressure over working conditions in the coronavirus pandemic

More than 110,000 pounds of personal protective equipment has landed in New Hampshire Thursday afternoon, thanks in part to inventor Dean Kamen. A FedEx cargo plane carrying about 4.5 million masks that will be sent both to hospitals in the Granite State and Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country has landed at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The plane took off from…

With the coronavirus pandemic escalating, Pratheek Kuimanda, a junior at Andover High School, was searching for a way to help those in need. So when he learned a school administrator in town was working on a project to make face shields using a 3D printer, he jumped into action. Pratheek organized a group of five of his friends and started…

A group of Andover High School students are producing about 20 face shields per day using 3D printers and donating them to local health care workers.

Governor Charlie Baker toured the East Longmeadow manufacturing plant Saturday to get a firsthand look at the toymaker churning out critical supplies to donate to frontline workers across New England.

The Granite State purchased the PPE shipment and will be distributing the supplies to the places across the state that need it the most, according to the governor’s office.

A Fed-Ex jet touched down Sunday in Manchester, New Hampshire, after an overnight flight from China, carrying 91,000 pounds of desperately needed personal protective equipment.

With the federal stockpile drained of protective gear, states are turning to each other, private industries and anyone who can donate in a desperate bid to get respirators, gloves and other supplies to doctors, nurses and other front-line workers.

President Donald Trump said Monday that the White House and 3M reached a “very amicable agreement” that will bring more than 55 million masks to the U.S. each month, following a public dispute between the manufacturing giant and the president.

The search for personal protective equipment is still front of mind as we approach the surge health experts are predicting for coronavirus cases in the coming weeks.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is taking action to support health care workers in Massachusetts and New York amid the coronavirus crisis. Kraft purchased more than 1.7 million N95 masks and used the Patriots’ team plane to fly the critical supplies from China to Boston overnight in order to help hospitals in both states combat the ongoing, nationwide shortage…