Monthly Archives: August 2020

Research shows a way to sanitize N95 masks at home

Travel cakes and crockpots are not only convenient kitchen tools. One study found that they may also be an effective way to sanitize N95 respirators – coronavirus-fighting tools for health care workers who are deficient. Researchers from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign found that 50 minutes of dry heat in …

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McKenzie-Willamette employee tests positive; 27 under supervision

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. A total of 27 employees at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center are under ‘supervision’ on Friday after another staff-positive test for COVID-19. According to hospital spokeswoman and marketing director Jana Waterman, the employee tested positive after a trip to Mexico. Waterman could not say how the other 27 people came …

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