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Markian Hawryluk

Markian Hawryluk has reported on health care for more than 25 years, writing for such publications as the Houston Chronicle, American Medical News and, most recently, Kaiser Health News. He has won numerous awards for his health reporting from the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists and, in 2009, won Oregon’s top reporting prize, the Bruce Baer Award for investigative journalism.

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As Ventilators Become Crucial In Saving Lives, Repair Roadblocks Remain

Markian Hawryluk Apr 17, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for product information to keep ventilators up and running is at an all-time high. Modern ventilators are typically serviced either every six months or 2,000 hours of use and can last for 10…

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Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients

Markian Hawryluk Apr 6, 2020

In addition to lung damage, many COVID-19 patients are also developing heart problems — and dying of cardiac arrest. As more data comes in from China and Italy, as well as Washington state and New York, more cardiac experts are coming to…