Author: Alan Condon

In the face of a surgical mask and personal protective equipment shortage across the country, Rachel Joy Hunt, MD, demonstrated how to produce surgical masks from materials at home, reports The Federalist.

Neurosurgeon Dr. Hugo Diez Perez became the first person to die of COVID-19 in Paraguay, according to a report from Extra.

Life Spine partnered with Gizmo Medical March 23 to produce surgical masks and gowns to meet the growing demand in the U.S. 

An employee at Des Moines-based Iowa Ortho recently tested positive for COVID-19, reports WHOTV.

Georgia Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, MD, a retired orthopedic surgeon and member of the state's coronavirus task force, has been in self-quarantine since she tested positive for the novel coronavirus March 20, according to the Marietta Daily Journal.

Daniel Yoshor, MD, was appointed chair of the department of neurosurgery in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, effective July 1.

The Core Institute is providing orthopedic urgent care at its Phoenix and Novi, Ariz., locations to ease the expected burdens on emergency rooms and urgent care centers in the coming weeks.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare recently approved Zolgensma, Novartis' gene therapy drug for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, for infants under the age of 2, according to Medical Dialogues.

Speaking about the spread of the novel coronavirus in a March 23 interview on NBC's Today, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, warned Americans that "this week, it's going to get bad."

The trial for a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based neurosurgeon accused of causing four patient deaths by overprescribing opioids concluded March 20, The Press Democrat reports.