Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can't Make a Medical Glove

Almost $1B Later, the US Still Can't Make a Medical Glove

Despite $123 million in federal funding, the Blue Star NBR factory in Virginia stands abandoned, unable to produce nitrile gloves after four and a half years. This failure highlights the immense challenges the US faces in reviving domestic manufacturing for essential medical supplies, even with significant government investment.

"A dark gray building full of steel tanks and giant reactors sits at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southern Virginia, a hulking symbol of an abandoned effort to make more medical gloves in the US."