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What's behind shortages of Adderall, Ozempic and other meds?

What's behind shortages of Adderall, Ozempic and other meds?

Shortages of drugs like Adderall are growing in the United States, and experts see no clear path to resolving them. For patients, that can mean treatment delays, medication switches and other hassles filling a prescription.
Deadly heat waves threaten older people as summer nears

Deadly heat waves threaten older people as summer nears

PHOENIX (AP) — Paramedics summoned to an Arizona retirement community last summer found an 80-year-old woman slumped inside her mobile home, enveloped in the suffocating 99-degree (37 C) heat she suffered for days after her air conditioner broke down
Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years

Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his cas

General Mills issues flour recall after salmonella discovery

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — General Mills has issued a nationwide recall of its bleached and unbleached flour after discovering salmonella during a sampling of a 5-pound (2.3-kilogram) bag. The company is recalling 2-, 5- and 10-pound (0.9-, 2.
Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker's settlement

Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker's settlement

More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that was accepted nearly universally by the groups suing the company — including thousands of people injured by the drug — money is still not
'If we don't understand, we can't really change': Studying Saskatchewan mass killer

'If we don't understand, we can't really change': Studying Saskatchewan mass killer

RCMP may never fully learn why Myles Sanderson went on a deadly stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation, but they may be able to offer answers that some experts say could help victims’ families make sense of it all.
Conflict over transgender rights simmers across the US

Conflict over transgender rights simmers across the US

As transgender people have increasingly gained acceptance and visibility, conservative lawmakers have zeroed in on restricting their rights: keeping transgender children off girls’ sports teams and out of certain bathrooms, and blocking them from rec
Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

HELENA, Mont.
Utah judge to rule next week on state abortion clinic ban

Utah judge to rule next week on state abortion clinic ban

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah argued in court on Friday that a ban on abortion clinics would “functionally eliminate” abortion access if implemented next week as scheduled.
Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska

Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb.
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