Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Manufacture Medical Gloves

几乎十亿美元过后,美国依旧无法制造医用手套。

Big Take Asia

2026-07-24

16 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

After the pandemic-era run on medical gloves, the US government set a plan in motion to reshore manufacturing. Roughly six years and almost $1 billion later, America is once again facing potential shortages of medical gloves because of supply chain disruptions stemming from the war in Iran. On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder and health care industry reporter Anna Edney break down why US efforts to make American medical gloves have largely failed, what it says about reshoring manufacturing writ large and where the industry goes from here.  Read more: Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Make a Medical Glove We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. Hosted by Sarah Holder; Produced by Laura Newcombe and Rachael Lewis-Krisky; Reported by Anna Edney; Edited by Naomi Shavin. Fact-checking by Victor Swezey; Engineering by Sean Carter. Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • So there's a lot of noise about AI, but time's too tight for more promises.

  • So let's talk about results.

  • At IBM, we work with our employees to integrate technology right into the systems they need.

  • Now, a global workforce of 300,000 can use AI to fill their HR questions, resolving 94% of common questions.

  • Not noise.

  • Proof of how we can help companies get smarter by putting AI where it actually pays off.

  • Deep in the work that moves the business.

  • Let's create smarter business.

  • IBM.

  • Hey, it's Gemma Spegg from the Psychology of Your 20s.

  • In a very special episode brought to you by Alliant University, I ask Dr. Sandra Espinosa, what does therapy...

  • Actually do.

  • From the science behind therapeutic change to how clinicians approach

  • the work to why therapy can feel so difficult to access or even stigmatized in some families and communities,

  • we pull back the curtain on the therapeutic process and explore what meaningful growth actually looks like.

  • I didn't go to therapy until my mid-late 20s, I think it was almost,

  • and it was a career that I was pursuing and I was still nervous.

  • I am a much better Wife, daughter, friend, mom, because I'm a therapist.

  • What makes a good therapist?

  • We want to hear your story.