Few nursing homes can care for people who need help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS and other conditions. Insurers ...

This study explores the association between receiving noninvasive ventilation at home and mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Starting noninvasive ventilation at home (NIVH) early after diagnosis was correlated with lower risk of death and reduced Medicare spending for patients with hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

There has been a large amount of coverage about the supply of working ventilators during the pandemic. A Creighton University employee thought about it one sleepless night – and decided to do ...

Woman says husband suffering from ALS needs machine, can't get one for a year Woman says husband suffering from ALS needs machine, can't get one for a year Woman says husband suffering from ALS needs ...

This is a Kaiser Health News story. As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the United States have a cache about 8,200 ...

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 ...

Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare has rejected several requests from her doctors for ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Dallas' mayor wants hospital bed and ventilator counts and ...