As vaccine hopes rise, U.S. races to buy syringes to avoid a mask-shortage scenario
As scientists race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, some experts warned that syringes could become the next face masks — coveted items in short supply able to plunge the market into chaos.But it appears that the federal government and health care supply companies learned a lesson from the mad scramble for masks and other personal protective equipment that came to symbolize the early weeks of the pandemic.Rather than wait for a viable vaccine to stock up on […]