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administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hydroxychloroquine-helped-save-coronavirus-study Researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan have found that early administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die. The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, determined that hydroxychloroquine provided a “66% […]

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Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/01/coronavirus-drug-overdose/ Suspected overdoses nationally jumped 18 percent in March, 29 percent in April and 42 percent in May, data from ambulance teams, hospitals and police shows. Anahi Ortiz, a medical examiner in Columbus, Ohio, and her staff recently moved into a facility three times […]

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There’s a War Going On Over Kamala Harris’s Wikipedia Page, with Unflattering Elements Vanishing https://theintercept.com/2020/07/02/kamala-harris-wikipedia/ California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is widely seen as a frontrunner for a spot on the ticket with presumptive nominee Joe Biden, with vetting well underway.  Presidential vetting operations have entire teams of investigators, but for the public, when the […]

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CVS is Destroying the Profession of Pharmacy: Part 5! https://pharmacistactivist.com/2020/July_2020.shtml I wanted to focus this issue of The Pharmacist Activist on the positive events and experiences that we have cause to appreciate and honor during the celebration of our country’s Independence Day on July 4. However, parades and fireworks for July 4 have been canceled, […]

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