Subcommittee on health with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry and policy stakeholders. This is three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we will come to order. The committee will come to order and the chair will recognize himself for an opening statement. Todays hearing is focus on the critical topic of finding longterm solutions to prevent future drug shortages of key drugs for patients. For months, Cancer Patients including pediatric Cancer Patients, have had to scramble to find the drugs recommended or use alternatives because of instability in the markets and supply chains. In 2022 alone there were over, there were 301 drugs enacted shortages according to the university of utah. For over a decade professions and a medical and Regulatory Community has sounded the alarm on the underlying economic causes of drug shortages. Unforeseen circumstances like a tornado hitting a pharmaceutical warehouse in North Carolina, or a manufacturing facility in i
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Week. The army corps of engineers today began converting a giant Convention Center just two blocks from here into a thousandbed hospital. On a related note were awaiting test results from our colleague here at 360. I personally have no symptoms and had no close contact with the person. We broadcast from my home on friday. My staff is all still working from home. Tonight im in a remote studio with a robotic camera so no contact and no symptoms. The u. K. Under the title shutdown since the world war. The Surgeon General, american Surgeon General said this. I want america to understand, this week its going to get bad. And we really need to come together as a nation, and so we really, really you dont think people are taking it seriously . That was this morning. Now heres the president this evening. Cnns Kaitlan Collins asking him whether his desire to loosen restrictions was medically sound. You said its likely going to be weeks not months before you ease the guidelines put out. Have any o
Right. The number of cases growing by the day. The march of the coronavirus across this country is undeniable. As you mentioned, at least 13 states have now issued stayathome orders following in the footsteps of california and new york. That means a quarter of the u. S. Population is being asked to stay home. By midweek, when all these measures have kicked in, it means that four in ten people in america will be staying home. Its shocking to have to say this. Even just a few days ago i thought we could get safely into april. Reporter one week. Thats how long new yorks mayor says the city has before many of its hospitals could run out of lifesaving ventilators, masks, and other personal protective gear. Our 11 Public Hospitals right now, we can get through this week with the equipment and supplies we have. If we dont get ventilators this week, were going to start losing lives we could have saved. I cant be blunter than that. Reporter now the epicenter of americas coronavirus crisis, new
Trump and his top Health Advisers are at odds this morning over how long to keep the nation at home and to keep the economy frozen. President trump says he wants to reopen the country in weeks, not months. And that directly contradicts the concerns of the World Health Organization which warns the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating. A senior white house official tells cnn that if it were up to dr. Anthony fauci there would be no contact between humans until july. A Senior Health officials also tells cnn that public Health Officials are looking for ways for an orderly return to life, but they believe we could be in this precarious Health Situation for the next 12 to 18 months, john, despite whether or not were all getting restless. Thats right. The president s reversal on social distancing came on the deadliest day of the outbreak so far in the United States. More that 100 people died yesterday. In total, 542 people have died in the u. S. With more than 43,000 cases. Americans in 16 st