The NHS in England came within “six or seven hours” of running out of gowns and other protective equipment during the Covid pandemic, Matt Hancock has said. The former health secretary was giving ...

Hundreds of millions were wasted on contracts with zombie companies which vanished before any taxpayers' cash could be ...

The American Medical Manufacturers Association is calling on Congress to quickly reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act before the end of the 118th Congressional Session in January ...

The petri dish shimmers with colour, flashing a rich, emerald-green iridescence under the fluorescent lights of the laboratory.

In Canada, the handling or storing of Risk Group 2 (RG2), RG3, and RG4 human pathogens or toxins is regulated by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) under the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act ...

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A vast consignment of PPE googles purchased by the government during the Covid pandemic was marked ‘Do Not Supply’ (Picture: Dominic Gibbon, Metro.co.uk/PA/Getty) A government ‘fast-track ...

A lack of PPE during the Covid pandemic meant some GPs wore repurposed bin bags for aprons, a public inquiry has heard. Dr Chris Williams, deputy chairman of the Royal College of GPs, told the ...

"The home secretary rightly followed up representations made to her about the vital supply of PPE," the spokesman said. "During a time of national crisis, failure to do so would have been a ...

If you have personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, aprons or masks, you should use them but we know they are in short supply.