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Staff members at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library , Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute are working together to produce and distribute face shields desperately needed in the health care community while facing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Boston University researchers developed their own FDA-approved coronavirus test
University of California San Diego is rapidly developing simple, ready-to-use ventilators to be deployed if the need arises.
Hand sanitizer, produced by the Stony Brook University Chemistry Department, will be shared with Stony Brook University Hospital and the Long Island State Veteran’s Home to aid health care providers working on the front line of the COVID-19 patient care.
Researchers in the USC Viterbi Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science are joining the global research effort to develop a viable vaccine to halt the global pandemic.