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Jackie Fortier

California

Reporter at KFF Health News

Health Reporter with @kffhealthnews formerly @LAist @StateimpactOK and @kunc

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  • 4 days ago | ocregister.com | Samantha Gowen |Jackie Fortier

    By Jackie Fortiér | KFF Health NewsYou’re pregnant, healthy, and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a scientist or doctor, says you don’t need the covid vaccine, but experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Protection still put you in a high-risk group of people who ought to receive boosters. The science is on the side of the shots.

  • 1 week ago | meadvilletribune.com | Jackie Fortier

    In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wall in a tariff war. Independent pharmacist Benjamin Jolley and his colleagues worry that the tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could instead drive companies out of business while raising prices and creating more of the drug shortages that have plagued American patients for several years.

  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Jackie Fortier |Arthur Allen

    In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wall in a tariff war. Independent pharmacist Benjamin Jolley and his colleagues worry that the tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could instead drive companies out of business while raising prices and creating more of the drug shortages that have plagued American patients for several years.

  • 1 week ago | expressnews.com | Jackie Fortier |Arthur Allen

    In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows - one man's defensive wall in a tariff war. Independent pharmacist Benjamin Jolley and his colleagues across the nation worry that the tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could instead drive companies out of business while raising prices and creating more of the drug shortages that have plagued American patients for several years.

  • 2 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Jackie Fortier |Arthur Allen

    By Jackie Fortiér and Arthur Allen, KFF Health NewsIn the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wall in a tariff war.

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Jackie Fortiér
Jackie Fortiér @JackieFortier
13 May 25

RT @KFFHealthNews: Pharmacists warn that tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could drive them out of business,…

Jackie Fortiér
Jackie Fortiér @JackieFortier
23 Apr 25

RT @KFFHealthNews: The most serious measles epidemic in a decade has led to the deaths of two children and spread to 27 states with no sign…

Jackie Fortiér
Jackie Fortiér @JackieFortier
16 Apr 25

RT @CalHealthline: .@JackieFortier reads this week’s news: The Trump administration is rolling back accommodations for people with disabili…