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Remote Streaming: Software Can Help Workers Remotely Operate A Water Treatment Plant In This Boston Suburb

Brendan Coffey
March 30, 2020
When Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker ordered a statewide closure of nonessential businesses to help contain the spread of COVID-19 last week, the order left many businesses scrambling to keep their companies running from a distance. But Haverhill Water Division’s 10 plant workers remained calm. The essential function of the water treatment plant meant its workers could still report to the site. They also knew that if restrictions tighten further, the plant can keep operating with just one person on-site and the rest of the crew managing the system remotely.
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5 Ways The World Fought Back

Sam Worley
March 28, 2020
"Knowing whether you’ve had the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 might soon be as easy as the prick of a finger, manufacturers of hockey gear are making protective equipment for doctors and nurses battling the pandemic, and the world’s fastest supercomputer has been enlisted in the race to find drug treatments. Here's our weekly dose of science news from the fight against COVID-19.
 

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All Hands On Deck: Volunteers Rush In To Support 24/7 Production Of Ventilators In Wisconsin

Amy Merrick
March 26, 2020
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Tutku Gövsa is a computer scientist by training. But during the past week, he’s been on the factory floor in Madison, Wisconsin, helping GE Healthcare produce a clinical tool in the fight against COVID-19: ventilators.

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A Ray Of Light: AI-Enhanced Ultrasound Is Helping On The Front Line Against COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Ultrasound might not seem an obvious weapon against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and its ensuing complications. Best known for helping doctors and expectant parents to view babies in utero, ultrasound sees inside the body by emitting and recording the echoes of high-frequency soundwaves. It’s similar to how bats navigate at night.
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In China, Ultrasound Is Helping Doctors Fight COVID-19

Dorothy Pomerantz
March 26, 2020
Before he begins a 12-hour shift working with patients suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, Professor Xiaoting Wang puts on three layers of gloves and gowns, a mask and an air-purifying respirator that looks like something out of a movie.
The equipment makes it hard for him to bend down, hard for him to walk around. Every move is “like a weight-bearing climb up 10 floors,” says Wang, deputy director of critical care medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing.
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To Fight Coronavirus, GE Healthcare Is Working With European Hospitals To Help Them Expand ICU Capacity

Dorothy Pomerantz
March 25, 2020

Hospitals in Europe and around the world are racing to add beds in their intensive care units for seriously ill patients suffering from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Medical facilities are converting beds from operating and recovery rooms, securing more ventilators, monitors, ultrasounds and other equipment, and enlisting more doctors and nurses to help.

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Stemming The Tide: Global Nonprofits, GE Foundation Join The Fight Against COVID-19

Karsten Strauss
March 24, 2020
The rush to curb the spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus got a shot in the arm this week, as GE donated a seven-figure gift to the United Nations Foundation to fund treatment and research. “We’re always willing to step up whenever and wherever we possibly can to make a difference in a time of crisis,” says David Barash, the executive director of the GE Foundation — the company’s philanthropic arm.
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Teaming Up: GE Healthcare And Ford Partner To Quickly Manufacture Ventilators For COVID-19 Patients

Sam Worley
March 24, 2020

On Tuesday, GE Healthcare and Ford Motor Company announced plans to work together to scale up the production of ventilators — a move aimed to arm clinicians with vital medical equipment to treat patients with COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus. Equipped with the essential functions required to treat COVID-19, the new system will be built specifically to address the urgent needs of the pandemic.

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GE Healthcare Và Ford Hợp Tác Đẩy Mạnh Sản Xuất Máy Thở Cho Bệnh Nhân COVID-19
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5 Ways The World Fought Back

Rebecca M. Oliver
March 23, 2020
Big tech unlocks an ultrafast genome-sequencing tool for the novel coronavirus, a new app tracks disease exposure, and distilleries on both sides of the pond respond to shortages of hand sanitizer. Here’s how people and businesses around the world are standing together against the virus.
 

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This Is The Way We Live: A Team Of GE Workers Is Helping Italian Medics Keep Hospitals Running

Tomas Kellner
March 21, 2020
Like most Italians, Antonio Spera has spent the past three weeks at home in Milan with his family in their apartment. But from his makeshift bedroom office, he has been operating on the frontlines in Italy’s battle against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
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