A nationwide shortage of Adderall is beginning to impact the lives of students with ADHD, many of whom are acting out and falling behind academically, according to news reports.
ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood, with an estimated 6.1 million U.S. children aged 2-17 diagnosed, as well as about 8.1 percent of adults aged 18-44. Sixty-two percent of those diagnosed take ADHD medication.
In addition to shortages of Adderall and its generics, there are shortages of SSRI sertraline, which treats obsessive compulsive disorder and PTSD, cancer medications, and even some common over-the-counter cold and flu medicines.
According to a report from the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security, drug shortages spiked at the close of 2022 when the number of active shortages reached 295.
The report blamed the shortage on an overreliance on foreign and geographically concentrated sources of critical drugs, pointing out that nearly 80 percent of manufacturing facilities that produce the active ingredients of drugs are located outside of the country, as foreign governments are more likely to offer tax incentives and have fewer regulations.
A New York judge has ordered that court documents related to a lawsuit from one of the accusers in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case be unsealed.
About 126 people have been killed in a massive earthquake in the northwest region of China.
Indigenous students from any of Wisconsin's 11 tribes will be able to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for free beginning next fall, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday.
In the Red Sea this morning, a U.S. warship, the USS Carney responded to a distress call by a commercial vessel after it came under attack.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in southern California announced it confiscated thousands of pounds of illegal drugs hidden in a jalapeno paste shipment.
Former family YouTuber Ruby Franke is set to enter a plea agreement on child abuse charges in a Utah courtroom, according to her lawyers. Frank and her business partner, Jody Hildebrand were arrested in August after two of Franke's children were found with injuries and evidence of malnutrition in Hildebrandt's home.
Backers are far from gathering enough signatures, but if the measure makes the June 2024 ballot and voters pass it, North Dakota would have to replace ballot scanners with hundreds of workers.
It's part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military facilities.
The company is asking customers to throw out certain types of granola bars and granola cereals to avoid infection.
It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere.
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