NBC News (3/22, Shabad, Tsirkin) reports, “Children’s medication, antibiotics and treatment for ADHD are among a number of drugs that have been in short supply in recent months – and these shortages of critical medications are only rising, according to a new report” prepared “by Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.”
According to the New York Times (3/22, Jewett), the report “found that drug shortages increased by nearly 30 percent last year compared with 2021, with an average shortage lasting 18 months and some spanning 15 years.”
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— “Drug shortages are rising and pose a national security risk, new report warns ” Rebecca Shabad and Julie Tsirkin, NBC News, March 22, 2023