Healthcare Industry News

The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced today a commitment of US$3 million in new funding and in-kind logistics support spanning two years, provided by UPS and The UPS Foundation to Gavi.

In hospitals and labs, homes and communities, we all play a role in COVID-19 response efforts. Hear from JNJ Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky on the impact made possible by #BackTheFrontline. We have a long way to go, but we will get there together.

The pandemic has forced us to embrace change in all capacities, a change that informs the "new normal". So how do we move forward?

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread worldwide, Medtronic uses its mission as the foundation of hope for brighter days ahead.

The competitive grants program is designed to support the next generation of researchers working on the front lines to advance understanding and awareness of central nervous system (CNS) disorders.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced shutdowns of many global businesses, a coalition of leading critical infrastructure and construction companies has banded together to launch the “NEXT Coalition” to promote and share industry safety best practices.

In Episode 7, Lisa Ling speaks with Johnson & Johnson Chief Scientific Officer Paul Stoffels, M.D., about important advances being made in vaccine development.

Tetra Tech provided engineering design and construction oversight services on a quick-response project managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District, to convert a closed and partially abandoned hospital into a 250-bed facility to receive non-acute COVID-19 patients in East Orange, New Jersey.

Our respect and gratitude goes out to each and every healthcare professional worldwide working on the frontline of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We thank you!

In Episode 6, Ling talks with Jane Halton, Chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, about her work to ensure people globally get access to vaccines.