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‘I had to do an 80-mile trip’: people in UK describe stress of drug shortages
Vital cystic fibrosis drug and HRT among medications people have struggled to find, as shortages become ‘new normal’ in UK
Patients have described the effect on their health and wellbeing of the “new normal” of drug shortages in the UK, which has led to three-month delays and 80-mile round trips to acquire medication.
Simon Bell, a 43-year-old data analyst from Tyne and Wear, has cystic fibrosis and requires medication that allows him to digest food. “For people with cystic fibrosis, the part of our pancreas which releases enzymes and allows us to digest food doesn’t work, so we have to take these tablets, which does the job of what’s missing from our pancreas,” he says.
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I had no friends because of school place delay, girl tells politicians
Aurelia uses a wheelchair and had no school place for four months after leaving primary school.BBC News - Top stories -
LeBron James reiterates that his Lakers future is undecided: 'I do not know yet'
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‘I want to push the limits’: ‘quad god’ Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating – and do a quintuple
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel – a four-and-a-half-revolution jump – in competition, and he thinks he can go further. Will his incredible athleticism revive a tarnished sport?. “I always try to be a ...The Guardian - World -
The Biden administration is seeking to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, people familiar with the matter said, a historic move that could make it much easier to buy and sell pot and make the multibillion-dollar industry more profitable.
The Biden administration is seeking to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, people familiar with the matter said, a historic move that could make it much easier to buy and sell pot and make the multibillion-dollar industry more profitable.The Wall Street Journal - World -
I’m 62 with no debt and a part-time job. My advisers say keep saving, but my kids say spend — do I go for a Roth 401(k)?
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Swiss Franc Could Rise in Coming Weeks Due to Position Squeeze
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She Was Convicted of Making a Bank Her Personal ATM---and Sentenced to Death
The case became one of the most high profile in a relentless anticorruption campaign in Vietnam dubbed the “Blazing Furnace.”The Wall Street Journal - World -
The Switch Hitter in Baseball Is Going Extinct
Superstars who slugged from both sides of the plate were once a feature of the major leagues. Now they have become a dying breed.The Wall Street Journal - World -
The Corporate Tax Reality
It’s double taxation, plain and simple.The Wall Street Journal - World -
Helping Ukraine is in Floridians' Interest
Sen. Rubio’s opposition to aid disappoints a constituent and softens a long-time GOPer’s exit from the party.The Wall Street Journal - World - Ukraine
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