Below are recent articles related to business supply chains and how they are being or might be affected by COVID-19.
Healthcare-related supply chains
- 'A hopeless situation': Oxygen shortage fuels Nepal's COVID crisis (The Guardian, May 10)
- EU won't renew AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine; Pfizer shot will take precedence (MarketWatch, May 10)
- Nearly 80% of people in the US live within 5 miles of all three COVID-19 vaccines (CNN, May 10)
- A new COVID dilemma: What to do when vaccine supply exceeds demand? (New York Times, May 9)
- 3 states have already reached Biden's new vaccination goal, but vaccine hesitancy may make it challenging for others (CNN, May 6)
- India's 'Oxygen Express' races to supply hospitals, but COVID patients die as stocks run out (Wall Street Journal, May 5)
- India's jab shortage has cut its daily vaccination rate in half (Fortune, May 4)
- CVS and Walgreens have wasted more vaccine doses than most states combined (Kaiser Health News, May 3)
- US to discuss wider COVID vaccine licensing as India calls to waive patient protections (CNBC, May 2)
- India COVID: Delhi hospitals plead for oxygen as more patients die (BBC, May 2)
- The COVID-19 vaccine club: How the world's biggest producers depend on each other (Wall Street Journal, Apr 30)
- Abolish intellectual property (Gizmodo, Dharma Noor, Apr 30)
- As India breaks another global COVID-19 record and hospitals run out of oxygen, countries pledge assistance and aid (CNN, Apr 26)
- Travelers are crossing borders for vaccines. Is that okay? (National Geographic, Apr 26)
- US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses (AP, Apr 23)
- How a tiny media company is helping people get vaccinated (MIT Technology Review, Apr 21)
- Wealthy Latin Americans travel to US to get COVID vaccines: 'Matter of survival' (NBC, Apr 21)
- Doctors say clot treatment advice key to US resuming J&J COVID vaccines (Reuters, Apr 19)
- Why COVID-19 vaccination in poorer nations has slowed, posing global risks (Wall Street Journal, Apr 19)
- India is dealing with a vaccine shortage during a new wave of COVID-19 (Vox, Apr 18)
- Annual vaccine booster shots may be needed, potentially stretching supply (Washington Post, Apr 16)
- Moderna hopes to have COVID booster shot for its vaccine ready by the fall, CEO says (CNBC, Apr 14)
- He built a website showing open COVID-19 vaccine appointments across the US. Some call it a lifesaver (CNN, Apr 11)
- Official: Chinese vaccines' effectiveness low (AP, Apr 11)
- Hard choices emerge as link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare clotting disorder becomes clearer (Science, Apr 11)
- America may be close to hitting a vaccine wall (Axios, Apr 9)
- Masks off, mahi on. Restaurant workers are in a race for vaccines (New York Times, Apr 7)
- Vermont to give minority residents priority for COVID vaccines (Scientific American, Apr 6)
Other supply chain issues
- Lumber shortage is the latest to exhibit supply chain's impact (Supply & Demand Chain Executive, May 10)
- The impact of COVID on upstream apparel supply chains (Just-Style, May 10)
- It's not just auto, supply chains are stressed (National Law Review, May 6)
- COVID-19, systems thinking and preparing for the next pandemic (Supply Chain Management Review, May 5)
- Indian artisans struggle to survive in fashion's 'invisible supply chains' (CNN, May 3)
- Supply chain shows its resilience in pandemic (StarTribune, May 1)
- How small-scale seafood supply chains adapt to COVID-19 disruptions (Phys.org, Apr 30)
- America is running low on chicken. Blame COVID-19, a sandwich craze and huge appetite for wings. (Washington Post, Apr 29)
- World factories boom as pandemic recovery accelerates (Bloomberg, Apr 26)
- UK carmakers claim government COVID-19 furlough cash amid chip shortage (Just Auto, Apr 26)
- Millions go hungry as COVID continues to ravage Brazil (New York Times, Apr 23)
- HDMA: Supply chain 'not capable' of meeting current demand (Truck Parts and Service, Apr 22)
- Supply pain (CFO, Apr 21)
- New dashboard allows US-Mexico supply chain analytics (Texas A&M Today, Apr 21)
- COVID-19 exposes uneven pace of digitalization in supply chains: panellists (Business Times, Apr 20)
- Rethinking the global supply chain (Business Facilities, Apr 15)
- Food supply chain resilience and the COVID-19 pandemic: What have we learned? (Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Apr 13)
- Heinz promises to catch up to Americans' demand amid ketchup packet shortage (NPR, Apr 10)
- How to prepare supply chains for the next global shock (Barron's, Apr 8)
- Food costs rise as supply chain issues persist amid COVID pandemic (Yahoo! News, Apr 7)
- SAP: COVID-19 causes lasting supply chain issues for shoppers (Chain Store Age, Apr 6)
- Auto industry rethinks cost-cutting playbook as COVID-19, chip shortages disrupt supply chains (Reuters, Apr 1)
- Suez Canal ship freed, but the pressure points in supply chain, global trade persist (USA Today, Mar 29)
- Taking a closer look at the future of our nation's supply chains (The Hill, Mar 26)
- How has the pandemic strengthened the global food supply chain? (The Counter, Mar 25)
- Supply chains after the COVID pandemic: Resilience more important than cost (Forbes, Mar 23)
- Unvaccinated sailors risk deepening global supply chain crisis (Financial Times, Mar 21)
- Lumber prices are up a staggering 188%--When will the wood shortage end? (Fortune, Mar 20)
- The impact of COVID on supply chains (The Manufacturer, Mar 19)
- Coronavirus-driven supply chain disruption hastens adoption of centralized integration advantages (Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Mar 18)
- Hormel Foods unlocks supply chain capacity to drive $2.5 billion sales growth (Forbes, Mar 16)
- COVID-19 pushes Japanese firms to overhaul supply chains (The Japan Times, Mar 15)
- Geopolitics could choke supply chains (Financial Review, Mar 12)
- How COVID-19 is shifting retail supply chains dynamics (Consultancy.UK, Mar 10)
- People: The strongest link the strained supply chain (Financial Times, Mar 7)
- Manufacturers told to unlock supply chain visibility post-COVID (Med-Tech Innovation News, Mar 4)
Industry impact
- BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine success sparks investments in German biotech (Wall Street Journal, May 10)
- COVID vaccine IP waivers won't 'solve any immediate problem' (Fortune, May 10)
- European tourism rebounds: May EU travel restrictions, COVID-19 test requirements, quarantine by country (Forbes, May 10)
- Pandemic fuels Venezuela's worsening child labour crisis (Al Jazeera, May 10)
- Americans set another pandemic-era record for air travel (AP, May 10)
- Bank of England sees UK growth surging over 7% this year on COVID vaccine rollout (CNBC, May 6)
- Services gains point to global economic pickup despite COVID-19 flare-ups (Wall Street Journal, May 5)
- The dream: International travel. The reality: Chaos and confusion (New York Times, May 5)
- Can you be fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine? America is about to find out (MarketWatch, May 5)
- Pfizer earned $3.5 billion on COVID-19 vaccine in first quarter (The Hill, May 4)
- India COVID surge pushes oil prices down further (Al Jazeera, May 3)
- COVID-19 savings stockpile could accelerate economy—if consumers spend it (Wall Street Journal, May 2)
- Puerto Rico groans under COVID pandemic as health, economy suffer (Voice of America, May 2)
- Largest economies forecast to regain pre-COVID levels by end of year (Financial Times, May 2)
- Euro zone economy slips into another recession as COVID lockdowns bite (CNBC, Apr 30)
- Europe's economy hit by coronavirus restrictions in early 2021 (Politico, Apr 30)
- Japan luxury cruise halted after COVID-19 case (Reuters, Apr 30)
- UK's aid cuts hit vital coronavirus research around the world (The Guardian, Apr 30)
- US recovery from pandemic recession is showing momentum (AP, Apr 29)
- Patchwork of vaccine passports complicates return of global travel (Financial Times, Apr 29)
- Want that job offer? A COVID-19 vaccine is now required. (Wall Street Journal, Apr 26)
- Time to say goodbye to some insurers' waivers for COVID treatment fees (Kaiser Health News, Apr 26)
- India's economy holding up well against COVID-19 surge, says RBI (Reuters, Apr 26)
- Fully vaccinated and nowhere to go: New travel advisories leave Americans with slim pickings (Fortune, Apr 25)
- Battle of the seas: Cruise lines vs the CDC (New York Times, Apr 23)
- Burned out by the pandemic, 3 in 10 health-care workers consider leaving the profession (Washington Post, Apr 22)
- US issues more than 115 'do not travel' advisories, citing risks from COVID-19 (NPR, Apr 22)
- How COVID-19 has accelerated banks' transition to the cloud (Forbes, Apr 22)
- US economy on a solid footing, coronavirus still top threat: Reuters poll (Reuters, Apr 21)
- After a terrible year for women in the economy, these places are working toward a feminist recovery from COVID-19 (Time, Apr 20)
- As COVID cases surge in India, what next for the economy? (Al Jazeera, Apr 20)
