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Ultra-expensive medicine a desperate need for thousands of babies around the world

Imagine your child is dying. There’s a drug that promises hope, promises to stop your baby’s illness dead in its tracks. But this dream medicine is out of reach because it costs around $ 2 million, depending where you live. This is the story of many of parents of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare motor neuron disease. Between one in 6,000… Read More »

DHS won’t test thousands of migrants before releasing into US and is relying on border communities

U.S. border officials have no plans for personnel on the southern border to administer coronavirus tests on migrants, which could risk the spread of the virus as thousands of families and children are released from federal custody into border communities and travel across the United States. The Biden administration is struggling to respond to the… Read More »

‘I Am Worth It’: Why Thousands of Doctors in America Can’t Get a Job

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story ‘I Am Worth It’: Why Thousands of Doctors in America Can’t Get a Job Medical schools are producing more graduates, but residency programs haven’t kept up, leaving thousands of young doctors “chronically unmatched” and deep in debt. Dr. Kristy Cromblin of Pratville,… Read More »

Fauci says ‘it’s possible’ hundreds of thousands or millions of US citizens could die from coronavirus

America’s top infectious disease expert said “it’s possible” that thousands or even millions of U.S. citizens could die during the coronavirus outbreak. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday and was asked if estimates that millions of people dying from illnesses… Read More »