Criminals are targeting pharmacies and stealing weight-loss medication in a country with body image insecurities and where many cannot afford the drugs.
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China’s Abrupt Covid Pivot Leaves Many Without Medicines
Millions are desperate to get their hands on fever-reducing drugs and antivirals such as Pfizer’s Paxlovid as infections across China outpace supplies.
As Lebanon’s Crisis Deepens, Lines for Fuel Grow, and Food and Medicine Are Scarce
The World Bank said the financial crisis could rank among the world’s three worst since the mid-1800s. The currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value and unemployment has skyrocketed.
U.S. on Pace to Reach Biden’s Covid Vaccination Goal
Some 62 percent of the country’s adults Americans have had at least one shot of a vaccine, and the U.S. is on pace to bring the number to 70 by July 4.
CVS Offers Money, Cruises and a Super Bowl Trip to Convince People to Get Vaccines
The prizes are part of a wave of incentives to persuade the unvaccinated to go to pharmacies to get their shots.
How a Pharmacy Handles Mask Hoarders and Coronavirus Fears
At a small pharmacy in Hong Kong, part of the job has become calming nervous customers desperate for supplies.
Face Mask Hoarders May Raise Risk of Coronavirus Outbreak in the U.S.
Stores are selling out of masks, and health care workers risk infection if they cannot get the protective gear.