A terminally ill woman and her family were forced off of a plane in Malaga, Spain on Monday when her oxygen canisters were deemed a security issue, the Manchester Evening News reported.

The Cathay Pacific Group has terminated two airline employees for allegedly tampering with a Cathay Dragon aircraft’s oxygen canister prior to a flight. News of the partially emptied canister, which ...

Federal safety experts announced Wednesday that unspent oxygen canisters used on aircraft contributed to the rapid spread of a major chemical fire at an Apex hazardous waste operation last fall. The U ...

A toddler was struck in the head by an oxygen canister on board an American Airlines flight that was traveling to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico continued to post near-record rates of coronavirus deaths Tuesday, and the huge demand for oxygen canisters has led to frauds, robberies and other crimes against families ...

Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, looked up COVID-19 symptoms and ordered oxygen canisters shortly before she and her husband were found dead in their New Mexico home on Feb. 26. According to an ...

With oxygen in short supply in Mexico amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a black market is expanding — in another example of medical shortages spurring fraud and profiteering. On February 1, Ricardo ...

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Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa at the 2003 Golden Globes (Getty Images) Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa spent time during her final days suffering from hantavirus Googling symptoms for COVID ...