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11/01/2023

In this Special Feature, we look at how racism prevents people of color and those from marginalized ethnic backgrounds from accessing mental healthcare.

11/01/2023

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11/01/2023

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11/01/2023

Amazon's meal kit delivery service provides quick and easy-to-cook meals, although it does not cater to a wide range of diets. Learn more about Amazon's meal kit service here.

She says the pill caused her to go stiff."I entrusted my pharmacy to give me the correct medication," the woman told KRP...
10/28/2023

She says the pill caused her to go stiff.

"I entrusted my pharmacy to give me the correct medication," the woman told KRPC 2. "I feel that they're professionals and this is what they're supposed to do."

When she returned to the location to tell the pharmacist she was given the wrong prescription and had taken one of the pills, she claimed that he did not seem alarmed by the mix-up, which lessened her worries. But about half an hour later, she said her body started to negatively react to what she had taken.

"I was just like rigid stiff from the interaction that the medication they gave me with other medication that I take," she told KRPC 2. "I became stiff and couldn't move for several hours. It was horrifying. A horrifying feeling to feel that I couldn't call for help. I was all alone. I felt like I was going to die here alone. This is what happened. And no one was going to know how or why."

A shopper claims she was given the wrong medicine by a CVS pharmacist.A woman from Angleton, Texas, is claiming that she...
10/28/2023

A shopper claims she was given the wrong medicine by a CVS pharmacist.

A woman from Angleton, Texas, is claiming that she was given the wrong medication at her local CVS pharmacy, NBC-affiliate KPRC 2 in Houston reported on May 23.

Requesting to remain anonymous, she told the news outlet that she was in the store's drive-thru with her son to get two prescriptions. While waiting for the pharmacist to get the second one, she asked her son to grab her a pill from the first prescription.

"He placed it on the console of my vehicle and I proceeded to tell him to go ahead and give me one because I needed to take it," the woman told KPRC 2. "He just handed it to me, and I just popped it into my mouth and didn't think anything of it. But once I got down the road, that's when I looked down and realized it didn't look anything like what I have at home."

There have been other recent recalls issued for OTC medicines.This isn't the only time recently that OTC medicines have ...
10/27/2023

There have been other recent recalls issued for OTC medicines.

This isn't the only time recently that OTC medicines have been pulled from shelves over safety concerns. On May 18, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Acme United had recalled four of its PhysiciansCare brand allergy and cold medications. In this case, the company said the products weren't sold in child-resistant packaging, "posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children."
Another recall was issued for seven different OTC Advil products sold at Family Dollar earlier this month. In a May 4 notice, the FDA said that 73 batches of the medicine were pulled from shelves after the retailer had stored the items "outside of labeled temperature requirements." Customers were advised to return the affected products to their store of purchase for a full refund.

And on April 26, the FDA announced that Illinois-based Akorn Operating Company LLC had issued a voluntary recall for over 80 of its medicinal products, including OTC meds, prescription drugs, and pet medical products. The manufacturer pulled the items from the market—which included common products such as artificial tears, lidocaine ointment, and vitamin D drops—just over two months after it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and terminated all its employees at its domestic U.S. production sites.

The company said that without its in-house quality assurance program in place, it would no longer be able to support or guarantee that the items will meet specifications through the rest of their shelf life. As a result, customers were advised to throw away any of the affected products and to contact their healthcare provider.

10/24/2023

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