I’ve spent my career ensuring American workers have the protection they need to stay safe on the job. In 2014, I bought a business in Kansas dedicated to making high-quality respirators and other personal protective equipment (PPE). My company supplies everything from...
U.S. manufacturers of personal protective equipment are struggling to meet growing demand, hindered by high tariffs on Chinese imports, The New York Times reported April 23. Here are five things to know: After China retaliated with an 84% levy on U.S. imports in...
U.S. manufacturers of personal protective equipment are struggling to meet growing demand, hindered by high tariffs on Chinese imports, The New York Times reported April 23. Here are five things to know: After China retaliated with an 84% levy on U.S. imports in...
Few domestic industries have been as devastated by the flood of cheap Chinese imports as manufacturers of face masks, exam gloves and other disposable medical gear that protects health care workers from infectious pathogens. The industry’s demise had calamitous...
Happy Wednesday! Pharma’s on edge, and for good reason. Drugmakers are bracing for the ripple effects of President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S. It’s still unclear what exactly those levies will look like or when they’ll be...
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are creating a divide in the medical community. Medical devices and protective gear made in China, Mexico and Canada were exempt from duties during the first Trump administration, but so far have not gotten a reprieve from his newest...
The pharmaceutical industry seemingly came out on top when President Donald Trump announced import tariffs on April 2. And while those are currently on a 90-day pause for every country except China, giving a break to industries like auto and steel, it seems the shoe...
NEW YORK (AP) — Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers — drawing rebukes from firefighters, coal miners, medical equipment manufacturers and a range of others. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday a 90-day pause on most of its heightened reciprocal tariffs, leaving in place a 10% baseline and raising those against China to 145% "effective immediately," per President Donald Trump and officials. The president had...
The American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA) has launched a label to mark domestically produced medical equipment. The label will read “AMMA CERTIFIED USA MADE PRODUCT.” To display the seal on their products, manufacturers must first become AMMA members and...