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Morning-After Pill Stays Behind Counter After All

The Obama administration’s top health official stopped plans Wednesday to let the Plan B morning-after pill move onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms. Overruling scientists decided young girls shouldn’t be able to buy the pill on their own.

2011/12/08

Major Prescription Drug Shortages Frustrate Patients, Pharmacies

A growing number of prescription medications are in short supply and area patients are becoming frustrated shopping around, trying to find what they need.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/05/09

A photo illustration shows a ring of U.S. twenty dollar bills with a bottle of prescription drugs. (credit: Getty Images/Karen Bleier/AFP)

Dallas Co. Says Rx Plan Has Saved Nearly $10,000,000

Leaders in Dallas are set to hold a press conference praising the benefits of the Coast2Coast Rx Card program that was launched in 2009. Officials say Dallas County residents have saved nearly $10,000,000.

2011/05/09

An health worker gives drops of medicine to a newborn baby. (credit: Strdel/AFP/Getty Images)

Drugmakers Discontinuing Acetaminophen Infant Drops

Johnson & Johnson and other makers of cold and fever medications said Wednesday that they will discontinue infant drops of medicines containing acetaminophen.

2011/05/05

In this handout photo, an adult doctor places his hand by a premature baby. (credit: Getty Images/Loyola Univ. Medical Center)

Preemie Birth Medication Going From $10 To $1,500

The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof. A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/03/10