Almost £10 billion was wasted on unsuitable PPE during the pandemic due to a lack of preparedness.
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Case numbers have steadily increased since the outbreak was confirmed on May 15.
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
A lack of protective clothing claimed further lives at Bergen-Belsen after the camp was liberated.
From the politician’s press conference to the streets in protest: how hi-vis became about much more than work-place safety.
In 2020, with adult ICUs at risk of being overwhelmed, we wore masks and accepted restrictions. Now pediatric intensive care is at risk. Will leaders follow the evidence and tell us to mask up?
During COVID, rich countries have used masks and gloves from their medical stockpiles. But not all countries are so fortunate. We found the best way to help. It may not be what you think.
We found most governments were ill-prepared, too slow to act, paid too little attention to the most vulnerable, and were hampered by low public trust and an epidemic of misinformation.
Billions of face masks and other personal protective equipment have been used throughout the pandemic. Containing plastic, these items are damaging wildlife and their environments.
If you’re thinking of upgrading from a cloth or surgical mask to a respirator, here’s what you need to know.
The airborne nature of COVID supports routine use of respirators by the public. Here, experts explain the science behind this recommendation.
Throughout the pandemic, community carers have risked their own health and well-being, but have struggled for even basic support and equipment.
Supply chains, choke points, and ‘just in time’ manufacturing – where things went right and wrong during the pandemic.
Engineering students in Malawi and Tanzania have used the materials and tools available to them to build ventilators, personal protective equipment and UV disinfection systems.
An average healer in the rural South African town where the study was done experiences about 1,500 occupational blood exposures in their lifetime.
There has been growing discontent with many local authorities and calls by concerned citizens for the municipalities to be dissolved.
Are two face masks better than one? Adding layers of filtration by double masking is a way of using the masks that we already have, possibly to better effect.
With no national standard, casually employed staff, a lack of PPE and a refusal to account for aerosol transmission, infections such as the one that prompted Perth’s lockdown will keep happening.
Whether it’s health-care workers, kids in school or people running errands, Canadians need face masks during COVID-19. There’s no reason they shouldn’t be made here at home.
Ontario health-care workers confidentially reported feeling sacrificed on the job and needing protection from COVID-19 and other risky working conditions in a recent study.
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Professor of Medicine, Epidemiologist, Physician, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
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Professor of Health Service Operations, School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences, University of Bradford
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Professor of Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business, Johns Hopkins University