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Health Nov 05

What’s causing the unusually high number of drug shortages in the U.S.

By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young

Health Jun 18

Cancer
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Critical cancer drug shortage forces doctors, patients to make tough choices

Hospitals and cancer centers are running out of two major injectable cancer drugs: carboplatin and cisplatin. Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky, head of breast medical oncology for the Valley Health System in New Jersey, joins Ali Rogin to discuss the causes and…

By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson

Science Aug 10

FILE PHOTO: Pharmacist technician McKay Kleinman, holds a filled prescription bottle that came out from an automated drug ...
Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages

Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug prices, U.S. hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines.

By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press

World Jul 30

Mexico to create drug purchasing agency amid shortages

Mexico's president says he is creating a central national purchasing agency for medicines, vaccines and medical equipment, amid persistent reports of shortages during and before the coronavirus pandemic.

By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press

Health Feb 28

The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is shown in Silver Spring, Maryland, November 4, 2009. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters
FDA reports drug shortage tied to novel coronavirus outbreak

The Food and Drug Administration declined to identify the manufacturer or the product.

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press, Linda A. Johnson, Associated PRess

Jan 29

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Drug shortages force U.S. doctors into ‘unethical corner’

By PBS News Hour

Shortages of some prescription drugs are forcing doctors to make difficult decisions, in some cases choosing one patient over another, or sharing a dose between multiple patients. Hari Sreenivasan learns more about the rationing from Sheri Fink of The New…

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News Wrap: Supreme Court to Consider Affirmative Action Challenge

In other news Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to revisit affirmative action in college admissions. A white student who was denied entry at the University of Texas in 2008 filed the case, calling the school's race-conscious policy unconstitutional. Also, federal…

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