When Americans go to a hospital or visit a doctor, they expect that the drugs they need will be on the shelf — whether to treat an infection or save a life. They can’t imagine that a hospital might tell them their cancer treatment has to be delayed for weeks because of a drug shortage, or that the safest and most effective medications for their condition simply aren’t available.
It’s not unthinkable:...
CURRY — Mia Daniels is well on her way to a career in medicine.
Daniels, a senior at Curry High, will begin studying nursing at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the fall. Her goal is to one day be a nurse practitioner and to possibly specialize in neurology or psychology.
Daniels is becoming a nurse because of her brother, Chase Hacker, who was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was 10 and he was 13.
"He went from...