Lawmakers, Provider Organizations Raise Alarms Over PPE Shortages

The country is still facing national shortages of personal protective equipment and N95 masks are not expected to meet demand until September, an administration official revealed at a hearing held by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis late last week. The American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, American College of Emergency Physicians and National Nurses United told the committee in letters the day before the Thursday (July 2) hearing that the on-going lack of PPE is...