Dozens of US mask makers say they’re about to shut down

(Photo: Department of Health and Human Services)

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The news: A trade group representing more than two dozen mask manufacturers in the U.S. says many members are weeks away from shutting down. 

The American Mask Manufacturers Association (AMMA) warns that most member companies will go out of business by the end of July without government support.

The group is calling on the federal government to buy from their members to sustain the nation’s mask...

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Federal medical stockpile still rebuilding inventory as pandemic subsides

Kits with syringes and other supplies needed for vaccination await distribution in a Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse. (Photo: HHS)

This is an excerpt from Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletterSubscribe here.

The request: Federal health agencies are asking Congress for more money to bolster their surveillance of the health care supply chain and make it more resilient. 

Budget requests are agency wish lists rather than actual policy. Congress will decide which programs to fund.

But the requests indicate the federal government hopes to make supply chain resiliency a priority going forward.

The Strategic...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/federal-medical-stockpile-still-rebuilding-inventory-as-pandemic-subsides

Biden signs executive order to strengthen COVID supply chains

Shortages in COVID-19-related equipment and vaccines have prompted an executive order from President Joe Biden to address urgent supply gaps by coordinating, monitoring and strengthening supply chains.

The executive order, called A Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain and signed on Thursday, was one of a flurry of presidential actions issued by Biden after he was sworn in on Wednesday.

The order directs federal agencies “to fill supply shortfalls using all available legal authorities, including...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/biden-signs-executive-order-to-strengthen-covid-supply-chains

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