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In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo a jar of ethanol fuel sits on display during the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association meeting in Altoona, Iowa. As hospitals and nursing homes run out of hand sanitizer to fight off the coronavirus, struggling ethanol producers are eager to help. They could provide alcohol to make millions of gallons of the germ-killing sanitizer, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has put up a roadblock, frustrating both the health care and ethanol industries with its inflexible regulations during a national health care crisis.

Plant Seek New Rule for Sanitizer Production

The U.S. FDA roadblock has been frustrating the health care and ethanol industries.

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Did This Auction House Price Gouge N95s?

Because they were sold by auction, the organization said it was 'literally impossible to price gouge' the N95 masks.

PPE manufacturer and supplier Radians donated over 14,000 N95 respirators to help protect Memphis first responders and medical community during COVID-19 crisis.

Radians Donates 14,000 N95 Respirators

The company added the N95 respirator to its PPE portfolio in 2018.

Ford Recalls 268K Vehicles

Ford says a lever in the door latch can crack and fail.

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Wisconsin Refinery Rebuilding Halted

Husky typically employs about 200 people.

Alert Over Fake COVID-19 Test Kits

The agency has already issued nearly a dozen warning letters to companies found selling and promoting fraudulent items.

Travelers wearing masks line up to buy train tickets at a railway station in Yichang in central China's Hubei province Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked-down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China's virus outbreak, as the government on Wednesday began lifting the last of the controls that confined tens of millions of people to their homes.

China Reopens Hubei

Roadblocks on bridges and at expressway gates opened, allowing trucks and cars through for the first time in two months.

In this July 8, 2016, file photo, a pharmacist holds a package of EpiPens epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Sacramento, Calif. On Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned the public about malfunctions involving some EpiPens, the emergency injectors for severe allergic reactions.

EpiPens Could Harm Patients

The malfunctions can prevent or delay the devices from injecting the drug or cause them to eject it prematurely.

Volunteers Keshia Link, left, and Dan Peterson unload boxes of donated gloves and alcohol wipes from a car at a drive-up donation site for medical supplies at the University of Washington to help fight the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday, March 24 in Seattle.

Medical Glove Factories Cutting Staff 50%

Malaysia, by far the world’s largest medical glove supplier, is now operating at half capacity just when they're most needed.

In this Sunday, March 22, 2020, photo, provided by Christina Hunter, Briana Danyele sews cloth face masks that say 'We Got This!' in her mother's living room in Greer, S.C., which will be sent to health care workers. Legions of everyday Americans are sewing masks for desperate hospitals, nursing homes and homeless shelters amid the expanding coronavirus pandemic.

More Volunteers are Producing Masks

One woman began organizing friends to make masks after learning her daughter, a nurse at a suburban Detroit hospital, was told to wear the same mask all day.

Boeing Factory’s Virus Cases Increase

In an update yesterday, it was reported that an Everett plant worker had died.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, sheriff's deputies recover the body of a Camp Fire victim in Paradise, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric said Monday, March 23, 2020, it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018 fire in Northern California that killed 84 people and decimated three towns.

PG&E Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

The charges are in connection with the 2018 fire that killed 84 people and decimated three towns.

Stratasys Mobilizes 3D Printing Network

The shields are no cost to the recipients and include a 3D-printed frame and a clear plastic shield.

In this June 12, 2010, file photo, oil cleanup workers hired by BP clean oily deposits from the shore in Orange Beach, Ala. The spring of coronavirus feels a lot like the summer of oil to residents along the Gulf Coast. Bars and restaurants are empty in Florida because of an invisible threat nearly a decade after the BP oil spill ravaged the region from the ocean floor up, and condominium reservations have taken a nosedive in Alabama.

Virus Rekindles Oil Spill Memories

Visitors fled the coast and the seafood industry all but closed temporarily after a BP well blew out, killing 11 rig workers.

Target Apologizes for Face Mask Sales

Hospitals have run so short of the masks and other PPE that they've had to ration them.

In this photo taken on Thursday, March 19, 2020, Sien Lagae, works on a mouth mask, meant to help protect from the spread of COVID-19, on her sewing machine at home in Torhout, Belgium. Lagae runs a social media group of volunteers who are making mouth masks for family and friends as well as hospital and caregivers in Belgium due to a shortage in supply of industrially made masks. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.

This Woman's Mask Sewing Army

Masks are in very short supply with the WHO asking manufacturers to boost production by 40%.

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Frozen Food Maker Fined $77K for Violations

The fine comes after an employee suffered severe lacerations and contusions to a hand after it was caught in a rolling machine.

A load of N95 masks and other supplies are delivered to Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital.

Idle Businesses Share PPE

No matter your industry, your PPE backstock could make a big difference to medical professionals right now.

A few cars head south to cross from San Diego into Tijuana, Mexico, through what is normally one of the world's busiest land border crossings, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in San Diego.

Californians Told to Stay Home

The move is the most sweeping by any state so far and impacts 40 million Americans.

Gov't Pushes Ventilator Mfg

The British government has set up a hotline for prospective ventilator makers.