The world continues to reel from the pandemic and, among many other things, the shortage of medical supplies that has resulted. Yes, the world has experienced natural disasters, but they are typically limited in time duration ...
Aug 4, 2020
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The UK government has urged medicine suppliers to build up stockpiles to prepare for possible border disruptions when Britain severs ties with the European Union at the end of the year.
Aug 4, 2020
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Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca repeated its promise not to profit from a COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic as it reported it was on track with late-stage trials for the treatment.
Jul 30, 2020
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We do not yet have a vaccine that can be used to help protect people from contracting COVID-19. However, once a vaccine is proven to be both safe and effective, governments, industry and healthcare providers will face the ...
Jul 29, 2020
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In late April, headlines warned of looming meat shortages and steep price hikes in U.S. grocery stores owing to COVID-19 outbreaks in processing plants across the country. Meat industry executives sounded public alarm bells. ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Doctors and pharmacists are working around shortages of critical care medicines but warn that stop-gap measures can only stretch supplies so far.
Jul 20, 2020
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Incorrect labeling of food products is causing too many allergic reactions and needs to be more tightly regulated, a University of Melbourne researcher says.
Jun 23, 2020
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Shortages of toilet paper earlier this year showed just how fragile our global supply chain is when it is under duress. And as scientists around the world scramble to find a treatment for COVID-19, that fragility may prove ...
Jun 22, 2020
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A new study found that animals sampled in the wildlife-trade supply chain bound for human consumption had high proportions of coronaviruses, and that the proportion of positives significantly increases as animals travel from ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Each year, thousands of pounds of food are wasted and billions of dollars in food sales lost because of recalls tied to foodborne infections. Using a newly developed approach, researchers identified seasonal peaks for foodborne ...
Jun 1, 2020
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