America's Medical Supply Crisis

The coronavirus has exposed deadly weaknesses in global medical supply chains. Why was the U.S. left scrambling for PPE and other critical medical supplies — and why do problems persist now, months into the crisis? For the past seven months, our team has been interviewing manufacturers and government officials, analyzing records, and tracing key medical supplies along a fragile chain.

Produced by the PBS series FRONTLINE, The Associated Press, and the Global Reporting Centre, America’s Medical Supply Crisis is a joint investigation examining the failures and unheeded warnings of a system at risk. 

Collaborators:
Martha Mendoza (AP), Juliet Linderman (AP), Raney Aronson-Rath (FRONTLINE), Peter Dauvergne (UBC), and Deborah Cowan (UofT) - for a full list of collaborators please visit our credits page.



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