A research team led by UB is developing plans to 3D print safe, effective and reusable N95-like respirators. The team, which includes local manufacturers and 3D-printing enthusiasts, has submitted its work to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval. If authorized, the device could help regional and national manufacturers produce respirators and help alleviate the worldwide shortage of personal protective equipment.
The employees and management of Merchants Insurance Group will be donating to the WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund as part of the company's May "Casual for a Cause." For every dollar colleagues donate, the company will match $2.
Alden-based Zoladz Construction Co. Inc. says its donation of meals over the past two weeks to Kaleida Health, Catholic Health, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute came to nearly 9,000. The goal was to support front-line healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transit Lanes Keglers provided the Amherst Police Department and firefighters lunch last Friday afternoon. Later that day, they donated 300 dinners to the staff at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.
