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Thousands of cancer patients across the United States are unable to access life-saving treatments and medicines due to chronic widespread shortages, according to recent data. According to a U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs report (pdf) published in March, shortages of drugs—including those used to treat cancer, prescription medications, and even common over-the-counter […]

There is certainly an immigration boost at the U.S. border as border states are struggling with surging illegal immigrants into the country due to immigration policies from the Biden administration. But at the same time, the United States seems to be on the brink of a recession. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that strong job […]

Most Americans are affected—either directly or indirectly—by the global supply chain shortage, following the global pandemic originating in communist China. NTD spoke to Keith Krach, former under secretary of state for economic growth, energy, and environment, for his insights on the matter.

In a video circulating online, a wooden casket is on fire in a rural region of China. It’s unknown if the deceased died of COVID-19. In recent weeks, other clips shared to Chinese social media capture people burning other related objects. This video is believed to be from Shanghai and shows paper wreaths and incense […]

Truck drivers are among those that suffer the most amid surging diesel prices. Especially small businesses have trouble stomaching the rising costs and have to work for peanuts now. But what happens, when these companies can’t absorb the surging costs anymore? NTD spoke to the co-owner of a trucking company to find out more about […]

A diesel fuel shortage is spreading across the eastern United States as one company has launched an emergency delivery rule. Mansfield Energy is now requiring a 72-hour notice for deliveries to obtain freight and fuel “because conditions are rapidly devolving,” the firm told customers, according to Bloomberg News. Fuel prices are running 30 to 80 […]

A shortage of carbon dioxide in Germany is impacting the production of beer and other fizzy beverages. The short supply of the gas resulted from less fertilizer being produced in Germany due to high energy prices.

The beer industry is facing a carbon dioxide shortage. And the situation is serious because CO2 is a key ingredient in beer production. NTD spoke with Chuck Skypeck, technical brewing projects director at the Brewers Association, about the situation.

BRUSSELS/LONDON—The European Union told member states on Wednesday to cut gas usage by 15 percent until March as an emergency step after President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian supplies sent via the biggest pipeline to Europe could be reduced further and might even stop. Deliveries via Nord Stream 1, which accounts for more than a […]

LONDON—Enfamil maker Reckitt on Wednesday afternoon flew 65 tonnes of baby formula to Chicago from its plant in Singapore, aiming to end a months-long shortage in the United States by late summer, a senior executive said. Similac maker Abbott Laboratories in February recalled dozens of types of baby formula, taking the country’s biggest industry player […]

IRWINDALE, Calif.—Bottles of the popular Sriracha hot sauce could be hard to find on store shelves this summer. Southern California-based Huy Fong Inc., told customers in an email earlier this year that it would suspend sales of its famous spicy sauce over the summer due to a shortage of chili peppers. The company said in […]

The school year is wrapping up, and both students and educators will catch a breather. But how many teachers will actually come back next fall? Some reports raise the possibility of an educator shortage.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf said the severe nationwide shortage of baby formula is expected to be eased within two months. Testifying before a Senate hearing, Califf said that while he cannot give exact dates, his expectation is “that within two months we should be beyond normal and with a plethora” of formula […]

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on May 22 said she didn’t have a timeline for when parents in the United States “will be able to readily” obtain baby formula. “The president understands the struggle of moms and dads and parents and caregivers and making sure that … a child has … a healthy way […]

Washington is taking more steps to address the baby formula shortage. President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act. And two bills are heading to the Senate, after passing in the House late Wednesday night.

A lack of medical supplies in China is causing a major shortage in the U.S. China’s stockpile has dwindled while medical manufacturing facilities in Shanghai have been closed. Production inside the trade hub has been paused for nearly two months.

There’s now a path forward to recover from the baby formula shortage, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) latest comments on the issue. They’re saying parents should start seeing a return to normal in a few weeks.