Covid-19 is not a gender- or sex-neutral killer. Men are more likely than women to need intensive care for the disease or die of it. Among health care workers, however, the tables are turned: Women ...

The Spokane Fire Department's Community Risk Reduction team is distributing free personal protective equipment to residents impacted by the Spokane Complex Fire, according to the fire department.

The World Health Organization is warning of a potential shortage of personal protective equipment as coronavirus spreads. Manufacturers such as Medicom are ramping up production globally in response.

It is important for everyone on the job site to understand the importance of PPE, how to check for damage and ensure proper fit. While personal protective equipment is the last line of defense against ...

Every time we enter a Covid patient’s room, we first don gloves, and a disposable gown. When we come out of the room, we remove that gear and put it in one of the many bulging disposal bags lining the ...

The Spokane Fire Department will hand out personal protective equipment kits to residents impacted by the Spokane Complex Fire on Tuesday and Thursday.

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This letter was published on June 26, 2020, at NEJM.org. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this letter was reported. van Doremalen N, Bushmaker T, Morris DH, et al. Aerosol and surface ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Fire Department is still offering kits of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for those in recovery and clean-up efforts from the Spokane Area Fires.

More than one-third of healthcare workers were contaminated with multi-drug resistant organisms, or MDRO, after caring for patients colonized or infected with the bacteria, according to a study in ...