The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over, and neither are the shortages that have come with it. Shortages of several goods, especially household essentials, have plagued us for months. Among the in-demand goods shoppers have had trouble finding on store shelves are garlic, Clorox wipes, and tomato plants. One of the hardest things to find during the […]
We all love Clorox wipes, but since the pandemic began back in March, they’ve become as difficult to spot on supermarket shelves as unicorns in a field of rainbows. Unfortunately, things will stay that way for the foreseeable future, because the company’s CEO Benno Dorer tells Reuters that the company is struggling to meet demand […]
The dire lack of protective gear for health workers is proving an dire threat to attempts to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization warned Friday. The WHO urged industrial powerhouse countries to ramp up production of personal protective equipment (PPE) as the global body warned that the battle against the new coronavirus […]
Very little is known about how to properly reuse medical masks to fight infectious diseases. No method is confirmed to work. Still, in a report to doctors, which has yet to be peer reviewed, some researchers are beginning to point to the best options for decontaminating used masks. Medical professionals are reusing single-use medical masks […]
