by Rebecca Terrell, The New American:

A record-breaking national shortage of drugs used to treat infections, cancer, and a number of other conditions is plaguing our nation’s healthcare system.

A Johns Hopkins University panel convened this month to discuss the growing problem. Dr. Amanda Fader, a professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine, called it a public health crisis and one of the worst chemotherapy drug shortages in U.S. history: