U.S. Demand for Protective Ebola Gear Contributing to Equipment Shortage in West Africa

U.S. demand for protective Ebola gear is contributing to a strain on supply that is complicating efforts to combat the disease in West Africa. For example, CDC this month has ordered $2.7 million worth of personal protective equipment -- which typically consists of chemical suits, face masks, boot covers and hoods -- to create its Strategic National Stockpile.

• "U.S. Buys Up Ebola Gear, Leaving Little for Africa" (Hinshaw/Bunge, Wall Street Journal, 11/24).