Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) Drug shortages have reached an all-time high in the United States, pharmacists are warning.During the first three months of 2024, there were 323 active medication shortages, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Utah Drug Information Service. Previously, the record high was 320 shortages in 2014.This ASHP started tracking shortages in 2001."All drug classes are vulnerable to shortage," Dr. Paul Abramowitz, CEO of ASHP, said in a statement. "Some of the most worrying shortages involve generic sterile injectable medications, including cancer chemotherapy drugs and emergency medications stored in hospital crash carts and procedural areas."Last year, the American Cancer Society issued a warning that chemotherapy drugs had returned to the list of the top-five drug classes affected by shortages and warned this could have a devastating effect on patients.Some hospitals and clinics reported being completel
SDI Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Thousands of women between ages 50 and 74 are not receiving life-saving mammograms, according to new federal data.Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at the prevalence of mammography use over a two-year period, in a report published Tuesday.Mammography use varied by state and sociodemographics, but the study found the more health-related social needs (HRSNs) a woman had, the less likely she was to get a mammogram.HRSNs are barriers that impact a person s health or health care access with examples, including food insecurity and lack of access to reliable transportation. These are sometimes referred to as social determinants of health (SDOHs).For women between ages 50 and 74, mammography prevalence was 83.2% for women with no adverse SDOHs or HRSNs. However, among women in that age bracket with three or more SDOHs or HRSNs, the prevalence was 65.7%.Social isolation, life dissatisfaction, lost or reduced hours of
Photo by Matt Petit - Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty ImagesThe gang from the blockbuster Bridget Jones franchise is coming back.Good Morning America has confirmed that Oscar winner Renée Zellweger will be reprising as the title role with her former film series co-stars Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.The fourth movie based on author Helen Fielding s bestselling book series will debut in theaters globally and on Peacock in the U.S. on Valentine’s Day 2025.Adapted from Fielding s bestselling novel of the same name, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy will also star Love, Actually s Chiwetel Ejiofor and The White Lotus Leo Woodall.Better Call Saul vet Michael Morris will be directing the film, on which Fielding will serve as an executive producer.It follows 2001 s Bridget Jones s Diary, 2004 s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and 2016 s Bridget Jones s Baby, which collectively have made more than $760 million w
Mayor Eric Adams holds a press availability at a news conference Jan. 08, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) The sexual assault lawsuit against New York Mayor Eric Adams is "entirely fictitious" and should be dismissed, his defense attorney Alex Spiro wrote in a new court filing.Spiro is assisting the city s Law Department in defending the mayor, who, as a New York City Police Department captain at the time of the alleged conduct, is eligible for free legal representation from the city.The attorney set to work Tuesday, filing the answer to a complaint from Lorna Beach-Mathura, who claimed she and Adams were both working for the Transit Bureau in the early 1990s when he allegedly sexually harassed her by driving her to a remote lot, demanding oral sex, exposing himself and forcing her to touch him. Her lawsuit also named the city and the NYPD."The allegations of wrongdoing in the Complaint are entirely fictitious, and Defendants expect and are
JDawnInk/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A total solar eclipse is passing over North America on April 8, creating a path of totality that will cast some parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in darkness.Here s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:Apr 08, 4:57 PMTotal solar eclipse reaches last US stateThe total solar eclipse reached the final U.S. state as those in northern Maine observed the sun be covered by the moon under clear skies.Apr 08, 4:46 PMPeak totality shined over New HampshireIn Colebrook, New Hampshire, Monday’s total solar eclipse was captured in rare form. The sun’s corona shined behind the traveling moon during totality, creating a bright, glowing crown for eclipse viewers.Apr 08, 4:24 PMPartial solar eclipse captured behind Statue of LibertyThe Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is seen in the path of the partial solar eclipse. In New York State, the path of totality spans 124 miles across 29 counties.Apr 08, 3:53 PMStunning total solar eclipse on dis