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STAT+: FTC to probe the role of middlemen in worsening drug shortage crisis

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The Federal Trade Commission is launching a probe into the extent to which group purchasing organizations and wholesalers may contribute to ongoing shortages of key medicines at hospitals and other facilities across the country. Three group purchasing organizations, or GPOs, buy drugs on behalf of most hospitals in the U.S.,

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Seasonal Influenza

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Hospitalization is warranted for patients with significant dehydration and for severely ill patients, especially those with respiratory distress, hypoxemia, impaired cardiopulmonary function or altered mental status.