Millions of Americans have the boxes of tissues, missed work days and hospital visits to prove it: Respiratory illnesses, including influenza, covid-19 and RSV, have surged this winter. Meanwhile, health experts warned once again last week that the world needs to...
Flush With Investment, New U.S. Factories Face a Familiar Challenge
Worries are growing in Washington that a flood of Chinese products could put new American investments in clean energy and high-tech factories at risk. The Biden administration has begun pumping more than $2 trillion into U.S. factories and infrastructure, investing...
Keeping the PPE supply chain flowing
Lawmakers who sit on committees overseeing Veteran Affairs worry the U.S. is too reliant on China for personal protective equipment and want to know what the administration is doing about it before the next pandemic. Their concern comes as President Joe Biden met with...
More medical gloves are coming from China, as U.S. makers of protective gear struggle
Read the full story here A 85-foot-tall, dark-gray building stands in southern Virginia, surrounded by grassy fields and rolling blue mountains. This brand-new chemical plant was set up during the pandemic to produce a special type of synthetic rubber that's needed to...
Firms donate PPE to Israel search and rescue
Read the full article here Medical device makers Dentec Safety Specialists and United Safety Technology (UST) are assisting in efforts to send aid to Israel in response to the Oct. 7 terror attacks, as part of the American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA). The...
U.S. companies are buying less from China as relations remain tense
Read the full article here U.S. companies are accelerating efforts to reduce their dependence upon Chinese suppliers, even as officials in Washington and Beijing labor to put a floor under their sour relationship. Through the first five months of this year, U.S....
White House launches new pandemic office to be led by retired general
Click here to read the full article WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday launched an office to prepare for and respond to potential pandemics, to be led by Paul Friedrichs, a military combat surgeon and retired Air Force major general who helped...
United Safety Technology Authorized as Foreign Trade Zone
Click to read the article Baltimore, MD -- United Safety Technology (UST) plans to bring back to life an abandoned Bethlehem Steel Factory in Sparrows Point, just outside of Baltimore, Maryland to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE). Today, that effort...