Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing
Medical equipment venture to invest $150M, hiring 1,200

May. 03, 2021 07:05 PM EDT
BROUSSARD, La. (AP) — A company that makes personal protective equipment will open two factories near Lafayette, hiring more than 1,200 people. ...

Members of the Missouri National Guard check information from hundreds waiting in line Friday morning, Jan. 22, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., for the state's first mass COVID-19 vaccination event. (Paul Davis/The Daily American Republic via AP)
The Latest: Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 04:06 AM EST

NH avoided upfront costs for virus gear, spent half locally

By Holly Ramer Dec. 19, 2020 09:43 AM EST
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire ordered $78 million worth of personal protective equipment and medical devices in the first several months of the...

FILE — In this March 24, 2020 file photo, Vincent Dellova, a coordinator at the New York City Emergency Management Warehouse, packs up a ventilator, part of a shipment of 400, in New York. New York and New Jersey, early hot spots during the COVID-19 pandemic, have so far declined to release detailed breakdowns of their spending on personal protective gear and medical equipment during the first frenzied months of the virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
New York, New Jersey hide full details of virus spending

By Marina Villeneuve And Mike Catalini Dec. 19, 2020 09:13 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020, file photo, Deb Dalsing, nurse manager of the COVID-19 treatment unit at UW Health assists nurse Ainsley Billesbach with her personal protective equipment at the hospital in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin spent at least $99 million on personal protective gear and medical equipment such as ventilators during the chaotic early months of the coronavirus pandemic, with almost all the money going to out-of-state suppliers, an Associated Press analysis shows. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
AP: Wisconsin spent $99M on medical gear early in pandemic

By Todd Richmond Dec. 19, 2020 09:04 AM EST

AP: Oklahoma spent $87M on medical gear in early virus wave

By Sean Murphy Dec. 19, 2020 09:02 AM EST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, Oklahoma spent about $87 million on personal protective gear and medical equipment, much...

In this image made from video released by the State of West Virginia, a nurse administers a coronavirus shot to west Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Charleston, W.Va. The 69-year-old Republican governor said he would receive a shot before cameras which would make him one of the first top elected officials in the country to get vaccinated. Officials said they want to demonstrate their confidence in the vaccine. (State of West Virginia via AP)
W. Virginia spent relatively little on virus protective gear

By Cuneyt Dil Dec. 19, 2020 08:48 AM EST

Maine sets single-day record of more than 100 virus cases

Oct. 30, 2020 10:07 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine topped 100 new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period for the first time sine the start of the pandemic, setting a single-day...

FILE - In this March 3, 2020 file photo, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Robert Kadlec testifies before a Senate Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the coronavirus on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kadlec said in an email Friday, Oct. 9, that the Trump administration “is accelerating production of safe and effective vaccines ... to ensure delivery starting January 2021." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Trump official says vaccine expected starting in January

By Martha Mendoza And Juliet Linderman Oct. 09, 2020 03:13 PM EDT

Prent Corp. to open packaging factory in New Mexico

Oct. 08, 2020 01:19 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A manufacturer of plastic packaging used for medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic plans to build its next factory in southern...

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 21, 2020 file photo, nurses Michael Gulick, center, and Angela Gatdula, right, hold their arms up in protest outside of Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. The hospital suspended ten nurses, including Gulick, from their jobs the previous week after they refused to care for COVID-19 patients without being provided protective N95 face masks. Gatdula says she contracted COVID-19 and has recovered. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
5 takeaways: AP/FRONTLINE investigate medical supply chains

By Martha Mendoza And Juliet Linderman Oct. 06, 2020 01:11 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, May 14, 2020 file photo, Prestige Ameritech Executive Vice President Mike Bowen testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss protecting scientific integrity in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Prestige Ameritech is the largest producer of surgical masks in the United States. For several years, Bowen's company has asked the Defense Department to buy their masks, citing the Barry Amendment that dictates the military buy U.S.-made apparel. In response, Bowen says, the Defense Department told them their masks aren't apparel. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP, File)
Medical supply chain shortages led to deadly consequences

By Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza Oct. 06, 2020 12:50 PM EDT

Lori Gonzalez, left, and Rachel Spray carry flowers to the temporary grave marker of Gonzalez's sister and Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center nurse, Sandra Oldfield, at the Sanger Cemetery in Sanger, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. Oldfield died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus. Workers at the hospital said they did not have the proper personal protective equipment. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
US medical supply chains failed, and COVID deaths followed

By Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza Oct. 06, 2020 10:23 AM EDT

In this undated photo provided by Outdoor Research in September 2020, a worker handles filter material for face masks in Seattle. A key challenge for N95 mask manufacturers racing to meet spiking demand is scarcity of meltblown textile. (Gerardo Villalobos/Outdoor Research via AP)
Scarcity of raw material still squeezes N95 mask makers

By Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman, Thomas Peipert And Irena Hwang Sep. 10, 2020 12:26 AM EDT

In this undated photo provided by Outdoor Research in September 2020, a worker handles filter material for face masks in Seattle. A key challenge for N95 mask manufacturers racing to meet spiking demand is scarcity of meltblown textile. (Gerardo Villalobos/Outdoor Research via AP)
Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing

By Martha Mendoza, Juliet Linderman, Thomas Peipert And Irena Hwang Sep. 10, 2020 12:25 AM EDT

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2016, file photo, shows Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid brand bandages in Surfside, Fla. Higher prescription drug sales and lower costs for litigation drove up Johnson & Johnson's fourth-quarter profit by 32%. The world's biggest maker of health care products on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, reported net income rose nearly $1 billion, to $4.01 billion, or $1.50 per share. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
J&J, after surprisingly strong 2Q, ups outlook for the year

By Tom Murphy Jul. 16, 2020 08:09 AM EDT

This undated image provided by ApiJect Systems America in July 2020 shows a prototype of their "BFS" prefilled syringe. The devices are self-contained: the soft plastic blister is squeezed to push a dosage through the attached needle to inject into a patient. It also includes a computer chip that can transmit information about the drug, dose, location and time of administration. When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, the ability to jab the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections. The Trump administration  has agreed to invest more than half a billion in tax dollars in ApiJect Systems America, a young company whose injector is not approved by federal health authorities and who hasn’t yet set up a factory to manufacture the unapproved devices. (ApiJect Systems America via AP)
US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

By Martha Mendoza And Juliet Linderman Jul. 10, 2020 12:21 PM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden departs after speaking at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden wants US to produce more of its own pandemic supplies

By Will Weissert Jul. 07, 2020 12:32 PM EDT

In this Wednesday, May 13, 2020, photo, a worker at SMC China, a Japanese joint venture pneumatic engineering company, assembles products at a factory in Beijing. The United States, Japan and France are prodding their companies to rely less on China to make the world’s smartphones, drugs and other products. But even after the coronavirus derailed global trade, few are willing to give up access to its skilled workers, vast market and efficient suppliers by moving factories closer to home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Companies prodded to rely less on China, but few respond

By Joe Mcdonald Jun. 29, 2020 11:43 PM EDT

Visitors pause to look in a gift shop window, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Kennebunkport, Maine. The coronavirus pandemic has hurt many of Maine's businesses that rely on just a few months in the summer for most of their annual revenue. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Strike won't affect delivery of machines to swab maker

Jun. 23, 2020 02:00 AM EDT