WASHINGTON—Efforts are under way to dramatically increase rubber glove production on U.S. soil using the Defense Production Act, which traces its history to the Korean War and is inspired by efforts ...

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Rubber gloves, including nitrile and latex, have been around for just over a hundred years. Over that period of time, the applications for protection have grown from surgical and medical uses to ...

The first healthcare workers to use rubber gloves didn't don them for hygienic reasons, but for dermatological ones. Caroline Hampton, a niece of the Confederate general and future South Carolina ...