Soundbites: EpiPen shortage causes parents to scramble

October 1, 2018

Soundbites: EpiPen shortage causes parents to scramble

Seattle-area as parents found that, even with a doctor’s prescription, EpiPens were difficult or impossible to purchase in south King County just before the school year’s start. Local pharmacies that had them in stock would distribute only one per patient. Dr. Doreen Kiss, a pediatrician at the UW Medicine Kent-Des Moines Clinic, provides context in this video and UW Medicine newsroom blog post. 

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