THE GREAT TAMPON SHORTAGE OF 2022
OST OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMED to disappear during the pandemic—the toilet paper, the yeast, the flour—have returned to shelves. Not so for products used primarily by women, like baby formula, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs used to treat symptoms of menopause, and even tampons, essential hygiene products to the roughly 40% of U.S. women who use
