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Logistics is the name of the game when it comes to getting health care supplies to patients in disaster zones or places experiencing disease outbreaks.

Northwell sends relief to India as coronavirus cases overwhelm hospitals and the supply chain Due to the size and scale of the crisis, India's landmass and added travel restrictions, many factors are affecting distribution. , Managing Editor Dr. Eric Cioe-Peña (right), Northwell Health's director of Global Health, readies supplies to send to India. (Photo courtesy of Northwell Health) Northwell Health, in conjunction with the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, is shipping 1 million KN95 respirators, 35 ventilators and 1,000 oxygen concentrators to India, which...

USA TODAY The FDA released an inspection report Wednesday skewering operations at a drug manufacturing plant blamed for ruining millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine. The inspection, completed Tuesday, "cited a number of observations concerning whether the facility’s processes met our requirements and standards," acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said in a statement. The 13-page report says the Emergent BioSolutions Bayview plant in Baltimore was too small, poorly designed and dirty. Unsealed bags of medical waste were observed, along with peeling paint and damaged flo...

As US death toll nears 500K, Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans could be wearing masks in 2022: Latest COVID-19 updates John Bacon and Jordan Culver, USA TODAY Achieving Herd Immunity: How vaccines and masks are the keys to fight coronavirus Replay Video UP NEXT Over 90,000 more Americans are likely to die from COVID-19-related causes by June 1, a leading forecasting institute says. The projection comes as the U.S. expects to surpass 500,000 deaths within the next two days. When the pandemic will end remains a mystery. Dr. Anthony Fauci says it's "possible" that Americans will...

Florida Times-Union 7 p.m. | President Biden honors 500,000 US COVID-19 deaths with moment of silence Five hundred candles glowed around President Joe Biden as he stood outside the White House in a moment of silence to honor the lives of the more than 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.  “Today we mark a truly heartbreaking milestone: 500,071 dead,” Biden said during remarks in the Cross Hall of the White House before the moment of silence. “That's more Americans who have died in one year in this pandemic than in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War combined. That...