liv golf. i m sara sidner in for fredricka whitfield. thanks for joining us on this christmas eve. a winter wholall up leaving millions out in the cold, some enduring their coldest christmas in decades. right now nomore than 100 milli people under windchill alerts. the arctic blast extending from montana all the way down to florida. some areas in the midwest are dipping into the negative 30s. yes, i said negative 30s. new york state police are warning people to stay off the roads amid white outconditions. they say search and rescue is moving extremely slovakia slowly due to the blizzard. the bitter cold proving dangerous. at least 15 people have lost their lives across the country so far. in ohio, icy roads are blamed for a 50-car pileup. you are looking at it there. devastating. in north carolina and a tennessee, places not used to this kind of cold, power companies are running short rolling blackouts to keep up with unusually high energy demand. more than 1.6 million custom
live with covid being around similar to living with any other disease or the flu. but it has such a different effect on so many din people s bodies. i want to talk to something you alluded to, a shortage of medications. there are common medications for children and adults that treat things like the flu and rsv. what is happening out there with the availability of the medicines that we all need regularly? exactly. i think what happens is people panic. we are seeing a rise in the flu cases and rsv four to six weeks earlier because of the reasons that i mentioned before. so what people are doing is they re stockpiling. it s not necessarily that the manufactures aren t making enough. people are hoarding these medicines. i tell parents when i see kids, don t stockpile tylenol and motrin. just make sure that you get enough for what you need and not
minor of. and david, as millions fly for the holidays, the expert advice is simple. keep that seat belt on any time you re sitting on a plane, even if the flight is smooth. david? yeah, anyone who saw that video is going to want to wear it. thank you. now to the so-called tripledemic across this country. this evening, we ve learned that cvs and walgreens are now limiting the amount of over the counter children s medicine that one family can buy, because of shortages. abc s erielle reshef tonight. reporter: tonight, cvs and walgreens limiting the amount of certain popular over the counter children s medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminophen that customers can buy, as stores so people don t stockpile. for weeks, the white house insisting there is enough nationwide supply, and that spot shortages are isolated to certain area. right now you manufacturing is going 24/7. supply is good. we have more rsv, flu, covid out there, so that demand, that increased demand, is what is
is a bit of a panic going on at the moment? i think everyone is worried. for some women, it can take several attempts at different hrt preparations to find the one that works for them. and when they finally find one that works for them the last thing they want to happen is for it to go out of supply. you can totally understand why people would be worried about their product not been available. our general advice to patients on regular medication is to make sure you order your repeat medication plenty of time in advance, but don t stockpile. for every woman that stockpile is two or three packets of the gel, there will be two or three women to go without a product. so it is just really important to spread that message. make sure you ve got plenty of medication, but obviously don t over order. you mention saying that you have a perception for this gel, you take it to the pharmacy, you say, i am sorry, it is not in stock at the moment. the patient then has to go back to their gp, doesn t s