Struggle

Spending lots of time in patients’ faces makes dentists and their staff uniquely vulnerable to contracting Covid-19. But dental offices are struggling to find the protective equipment they need, even as they begin to reopen across the country. While dentists are spending tens of thousands of dollars on air-purifying gadgets, air-suction devices and room filters,…

May 9, 2020, 6:00 a.m. ETThe shutdown of elective surgeries and other “nonessential” medical care by federal and state officials during the pandemic has left the nation’s 5,200 hospitals, particularly in places where there have been relatively few infections, with idle clinics, vacant operating rooms and a dearth of patients.“Our hospitals, like every other hospital…