CHICAGO (WLS) -- Ventilators are also known as artificial breathing machines. Wednesday night, hospitals across Chicago and the country are mapping out plans to ration ventilators if they have to.

If you are paying close attention to how the novel coronavirus is taking its toll around the world, you know about the shortage of ventilators. The main cause of death for COVID-19 patients is ...

Patients could ultimately be prioritized based on a number of factors. Faced with more critically ill COVID-19 patients than equipment to treat them, hundreds of hospitals are mapping out how they can ...

On vacation in Mexico last year, Michael DiPlacido passed out twice while scuba diving and again in his hotel. Back in St. Louis, Mo., doctors diagnosed him with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, ...

President Donald Trump raised eyebrows with several comments during Sunday’s Coronavirus Task Force briefing, including his speculating that the significantly increased requests from states and ...

The hospitals are faced with critically ill COVID-19 patients. Faced with more critically ill COVID-19 patients than equipment to treat them, New York hospitals are mapping out how they can ration ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KGO) -- Governor Gavin Newsom lead a round of applause for tech workers putting in long hours in what was a Sunnyvale warehouse for Bloom Energy just days ago, now it's become a pop ...

U.S. hospitals bracing for a possible onslaught of coronavirus patients with pneumonia and other breathing difficulties could face a critical shortage of mechanical ventilators and health care workers ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – If COVID-19 cases spike this fall, hospitals want to make sure they have enough ventilators. But that's only one part of the equation. They'll also need more trained staff to help ...

Springfield, Mo.-based Mercy Hospital ran out of ventilators July 4 as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations spike in southwest parts of the state, according to a tweet from Erik Frederick, chief ...

Let’s be clear about something: a tax cut while the government is running a deficit isn’t a tax cut. It’s a tax increase. It’s an increase because it was paid for with borrowed money. That money has ...