Foxconn’s Belkin Licenses U Of I Emergency Ventilator
URBANA — Work began two months ago at the University of Illinois on an emergency ventilator to treat COVID-19 patients. Now, the new design has found a manufacturer. U of I mechanical engineering professor Bill King oversaw the team that designed — and tested prototypes — of the Illinois Rapidvent ventilator, all in about three […]
Pork Processing Slowed, But For Now Farmers Largely Spared From Euthanizing Their Pigs
Pork processing fell nearly 40 percent following temporary closures at meatpacking plants across the Midwest last month. That’s created a backlog of…
U Of I Report: COVID-19 Has Created Challenges, Highlighted Inequities Within Health Care System
A new report from the University of Illinois’ Institute for Government and Public Affairs identifies several ways the COVID-19 pandemic is creating challenges for health care workers and health care facilities. The report, which is part of an initiative from the U of I System to convene dozens of faculty experts to study how COVID-19 […]
