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Premier examines the state of PPE supply one year in to COVID-19

April 2, 2021
With the U.S. crossing the one-year mark into the COVID-19 global pandemic, Premier analyzed new data from our supply chain forecasting technology to assess the pandemic’s long...
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Henry Ford study shows face masks are strongly associated with reducing healthcare workers’ risk of acquiring COVID-19

March 30, 2021
A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine from researchers at Henry Ford Health System has found that Henry Ford’s early implementation of a ...
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Universal masking, avoiding nonessential indoor spaces are recommended to mitigate COVID-19 spread

March 8, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that found that mandating masks was associated with a decrease in daily COVID...
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The balancing act behind the U.S. supply of N95s

Feb. 19, 2021
A recent New York Times article explored a head-scratching juxtaposition: Healthcare providers are rationing N95 respirators, seemingly because they are not easily procured, while...
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Researchers propose that humidity from masks may lessen severity of COVID-19

Feb. 16, 2021
Masks help protect the people wearing them from getting or spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but now researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH...