The ongoing need for additional ICU space, staff shortages, low vaccination rates, and a high number of COVID-19 related deaths are forcing hospitals to respond by rationing healthcare. Oh, and “winter is coming” (quite figuratively and literally). Amid the ongoing […]
Since COVID-19 vaccines were released in the spring of 2021, 70.4% of the United States population has received at least one dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Getting close to three-quarters of the population almost […]
Reports of new COVID-19 cases have tripled in the last month. The U.S. is now averaging 34,056 new COVID-19 cases per day, according to Johns Hopkins University. The 55% increase over the last week is largely the result of the […]
Since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have been overwhelmed with the staggering number of positive-testing patients. Many hospitals chose to treat COVID-19 positive patients in mobile field hospitals from BLU-MED Response Systems® to avoid the spread of exposure. […]
It has been over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international pandemic due to the COVID-19 virus. Since then, mobile field hospitals have played a crucial role in helping hospital workers care for countless numbers of […]
Suffolk County in New York has recently ramped up its mass vaccination efforts with the help of a mobile medical facility from BLU-MED Response Systems®. The mobile medical facility sits outside the Dennison building in Hauppauge, itself a vaccination site, […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States set a new record, surpassing 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines being administered in the last 24 hours. Despite 18.5% of Americans now being fully vaccinated, new […]
The United States is still very much in the midst of the pandemic stemming from COVID-19. Hospitals remain overwhelmed and healthcare workers overworked. We’ve all heard hospitals announce they are out of beds, meaning they simply cannot receive any new […]
One of the newest strategies in the fight against COVID-19 is antibody infusion therapy. Here’s what you need to know about antibodies, their effectiveness against the novel coronavirus, and setting up safe antibody infusion centers. What Are Antibodies? Antibodies are […]
News of inefficient COVID vaccine distribution has been reported consistently since approved vaccines arrived at vaccination sites across the country. But this hasn’t been the case for the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. The U.S. Food and […]
To help treat COVID-19 patients, alternate care sites are being used across the nation. Alternative care facilities offer a quick way to provide urgent medical care to patients during hospital surges. However, it is important to still take proper safety […]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been forced to choose between two difficult options: Risk exposing elderly residents to the coronavirus. Prevent them from seeing their loved ones. Not seeing loved ones, […]