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Breaking Down The U.S. Drug Shortage Problem
Illustration by Molly Magnell, for Science Friday No one knows better than Sarah Louise Butler what it means to encounter a drug shortage. Butler was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, a painful autoimmune disease, in her 20s. She describes the pain as …