The Javits Center will be converted to a temporary medical facility to ease the bed shortage of New York Hospitals as part of the state response to the COVID 19 outbreak. More than 2,000 New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are on duty as part of the response effort. Subscribe to Dr. Justin Imel, […]

A NATO strategic airlift programme helped deliver urgently needed medical supplies to Slovakia on 25 March 2020. An Antonov AN-124 transport ferried facemasks, surgical gloves, protective suits and other supplies on a nonstop flight that started in Leipzig/Halle airport, Germany, stopped for cargo in Tianjin, China, and landed in Bratislava. The aircraft was chartered under […]

LOS ANGELES (March 27, 2020) – Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrives in Los Angeles, March 27. Mercy deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts […]

A public service announcement detailing the risk associated with disease transmitted via the surfaces of packages, cargo, and freight during the COVID-19 epidemic. This video demonstrates best practices to prevent the spread of the disease by using decontamination methods and personal protective equipment use. Subscribe to Dr. Justin Imel, Sr. by Email

First Lieutenant Nathaniel Donnachie, 104th Fighter Wing bioenvironmental engineer, demonstrates the proper way to wear a 3M N95 respirator mask, March 26, 2020, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The 3M N95 respirator mask covers the nose and mouth and protects the person wearing it from breathing in contaminated air. (U.S. Air National Guard […]