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Supply shortages, insurance hiccups complicate vaccine rollout
The Boston Globe Mass. residents report difficulty getting COVID boosters. A CVS pharmacist administered vaccinations for COVID-19 and the seasonal flu. Joe Burbank / AP By Maggie Scales, Vivi Smilgius, The Boston Globe updated on September 27, 2023 | 3:48 PM Mary Chitty, a 73-year-old Somerville resident, had hoped to get a triple-whammy COVID booster, […]
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Supply, insurance issues make popular weight-loss drugs hard to get
Health Getting the high-demand, injectable drugs requires persistence and a fair amount of luck, according to experts. Mike Bouboulis stands for a portrait in Arlington, Mass., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Bouboulis has taken Saxenda, Mounjaro or Ozempic, a Novo diabetes drug with the same active ingredient as Wegovy, since around 2019. In the past […]
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