The Biden administration is considering splitting doses of the smallpox vaccine, which are being used to prevent monkeypox amid the current outbreak, into five smaller doses, the head of the FDA said Thursday.
It is a time of tremendous disruptions in global supply chains with many problems ranging from shifts in consumer demand and off-shoring reliability to transportation jams, anti-competitive practices, and geopolitical complications.
(CNN) -- A drug is available for monkeypox patients who have or who are at risk of severe disease, but doctors say they continue to face challenges getting access to it.
Contrast media is just one item on a growing list of medical supplies that are becoming harder to come by due to world events impacting the supply chain, from COVID-19 lockdowns in China and manufacturing errors in the United States to the rising cost of fuel and the war in Ukraine.
First, it happened with personal protective equipment (PPE). Then, propofol and a list of other anesthetics, followed by famotidine injection and doxycycline hyclate injection. These were just the supplies that dwindled between April and July 2020. The months, and years, ahead would see more such shortages.
RIDGECREST REGIONAL HOSPITAL — As hospitals all over the country pivot around shortages driven by global conflicts, rising transportation costs, material scarcity and the pandemic-related disruptions, RRH continues to navigate around product availability.