A ventilator is a device that supports or takes over the breathing process. People with severe COVID-19 symptoms may require a ventilator. Before COVID-19 became a pandemic, a need for ventilation was ...

COVID-19 is stretching health care resources in many different ways, but there’s a key piece of equipment getting a lot of attention: ventilators. So, what is a ventilator, and why does it matter?

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Public officials have warned that there are not enough ventilators -- life-saving devices using in hospital ICUs -- to treat the rapidly rising number of people who are becoming ...

Doctors and nurses on the front line of the fight against COVID-19 know how critical ventilators are. This past Sunday on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley spoke with health care workers at New ...