There are many ways to lose an eye. Christina Leitzel wants people to know that there are also many ways to gain a new one.
Tag: Medical Devices
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
Gazans With Disabilities Face ‘Impossible Times’ of Chaos and War
A family fled carrying a 9-year-old girl for hours on their backs. Sisters with visual impairments pleaded for help as Israeli airstrikes fell. “It’s a nightmare,” one wheelchair user said.
Gazans With Disabilities Face ‘Impossible Times’ of Chaos and War
A family fled carrying a 9-year-old girl for hours on their backs. Sisters with visual impairments pleaded for help as Israeli airstrikes fell. “It’s a nightmare,” one wheelchair user said.
In the Paralympic Fix-It Shop, Plenty of Fractures but No Blood
Repair technicians at the Paris Games fix everything from bent wheelchair frames to broken sunglasses.
Inside the Factory Supplying Half of Africa’s Syringes
In Kenya, Revital Healthcare is manufacturing medical products that Africa needs to take charge of routine health care and respond to outbreaks.
Biden to Spend $1 Billion to Boost Supply of Rapid Covid Tests
Tests producing results in 15 minutes have been on the market for months, but they have been in short supply in the United States.
Covid-19 in Mexico: Oxygen Shortage Leaves Many to Die at Home
With hospitals overrun, Mexicans fighting the coronavirus at home face a deadly hurdle: a lack of oxygen tanks.
Israeli Army’s Idea Lab Aims at a New Target: Saving Lives
The country has engaged defense contractors, doctors, engineers, scientists — and most of the senses — in its battle against the coronavirus.
10 African Countries Have No Ventilators. That’s Only Part of the Problem.
Basic supplies like oxygen and soap are needed first to slow the spread of the coronavirus.