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Pharmaceuticals

Hurricane Maria halts crucial drug manufacturing in Puerto Rico, may spur shortages | USA Today

There are almost 50 pharmaceutical plants in Puerto Rico, all of which have stopped production in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Medical devices​

Penn treats patient with next-generation radiation technology | Health Data Management

Penn Medicine is using a technology, the Halcyon radiotherapy system, it helped develop with Varian Medical Systems.

Information technology​

Drone network takes on hospital-to-hospital deliveries in Switzerland | Mobihealthnews

Drones running on a California company's logistics platform will deliver lab samples to Swiss hospitals after orders are placed in an app.

Safety, quality and clinical practice​ ​ ​ ​

At Florida nursing home, many calls for help, but none that made a difference | The New York Times

The nursing home where eight residents died in Florida after the hurricane suffered from an electrical failure that, despite calls to emergency hotlines, left the residence sweltering without air conditioning.

Battered Puerto Rico hospitals on life support after Hurricane Maria | Reuters

Some patients are being evacuated to hospitals in the U.S., while others remain in hospitals being powered by emergency generators that are running low on fuel.

In other news​ ​

Mosquitoes spread deadly diseases, and public health experts hope to fight back with this new emoji | Los Angeles Times

Two public health specialists are asking the Unicode Consortium, the group in charge of emoji, to add a mosquito to the group of icons. They say that public health workers could use the mosquito emoji to tell people that they're distributing mosquito nets, repellent, and other disease-prevention tools.