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Pharmacist shortages and heavy workloads challenge drugstores heading into their busy season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

A dose of patience may come in handy at the pharmacy counter this fall.Drug and staffing shortages haven’t gone away. Stores are starting their busiest time of year as customers look for help with colds and the flu. And this fall, pharmacists are dealing with a new vaccine and the start of insurance coverage for COVID-19 shots.Some drugstores have addressed their challenges by adding employees at busy hours. But experts say many pharmacies, particularly the big chains, still don’t have enough workers behind the counter.Chris Adkins said he left his job as a pharmacist with a major drugstore chain a couple years ago because of the stress. Aside from filling and checking prescriptions, Adkins routinely answered the phone, ran the register and stocked pharmacy shelves.“I just didn’t have time for the patients,” he said. “I am OK working hard and working long hours, but I just felt like I was not doing a good job as a pharmacist.”In recent years, drugstores have struggled to fill open p...

A taxiing airplane collides with a Chicago airport shuttle, injuring 2 people

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Two people were injured at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Friday evening during an accident on the ground involving an airplane preparing for takeoff and an employee shuttle bus.American Eagle flight 6209 operated by Air Wisconsin Airlines made contact with the bus while the plane was taxiing, American Airlines said in a statement.Two passengers on the shuttle were transported to Ascension Resurrection hospital in Chicago with minor injuries from the accident around 7 p.m., WLS-TV reported. American Airlines said there were no injuries reported aboard the aircraft, while six American Airlines employees were transported to a hospital for evaluation. The exact number of passengers on the flight was not provided.An image on the WLS-TV website showed damage to the nose of the airplane, which the station reported was a 50-seat aircraft loaded with passengers. The airplane was taken out of service and a replacement aircraft flew passengers to Dayton, Ohio, the...

Alozie & Shen defense shine as Plainsmen storm back to upend CBA in "Game of the Week"

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Shenendehowa football team did something Friday night no Section II team had managed to do in almost two years: beat Christian Brothers Academy. And the Plainsmen did so in remarkable, come-from-behind fashion, erasing a 14-point deficit on the road to take down the Brothers 28-14.Shen/CBA has blossomed into one of the most intense rivalries in the section. But since Bob Burns took over as head coach for the Brothers in 2021, the matchup has become one-sided, with CBA winning four straight meetings, including back-to-back Class AA championship victories over the Plainsmen.Friday night's clash was playing out in an eerily similar fashion to last year's Super Bowl that resulted in a 21-0 CBA win. The Brothers came out on homecoming weekend swinging with touchdowns on their second and third drives of the game. Starting quarterback Archie Jones connected with junior wide receiver Aiden Good for a 60-yard score; senior Donald Jones followed that up with a nin...

Daily horoscope for October 7, 2023

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EDT today (12 noon to 4:30 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Cancer into Leo.Happy Birthday for Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023:You have strong opinions. You mean what you say and you say what you mean. This year is a time of service for you, especially if you can help a family member. Take care of yourself so you can be a resource to others. Is it time for a makeover?ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★Tread carefully today, especially when dealing with family members, partners and spouses. Tempers will be short. If a conversation starts to get out of hand, move on and go somewhere else. Don’t take the bait. It’s not worth it. Tonight: Play.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★★This is the classic day for bickering and quarrels with daily contacts, siblings and relatives. You also might have some power struggles with work colleagues or someone who could be related to a health issue you have, or even your pet....

Miss Manners: What could I have said to this blithe line-jumper?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I recently encountered a very rude line-jumper. I said nothing to her, but wish I had, and I wonder whether Miss Manners can suggest a polite statement for some similar future occurrence.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: My wife insists this is a rule about children’s birthday parties Advice | Miss Manners: I’m stunned by my father’s request for the wedding dinner Advice | Miss Manners: My husband doesn’t like my strategy for dealing with his vexatious relatives Advice | Miss Manners: Don’t they know it’s an insulting thing to say to the bride? Advice | Miss Manners: At what age should one start picking up the tab? At the end of a 6½-hour chemo session for my aggressive cancer, I was waiting for either of the two administrators to complete my paperwork. (Each was with a patient.) A woman, about age 20, entered the area and sat next to me; as a d...

Israeli defense minister says Hamas has started a war against Israel as fighting escalates. ‘Israel will win,’ he says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli defense minister says Hamas has started a war against Israel as fighting escalates. ‘Israel will win,’ he says.Source

Israel declara estado de alerta de guerra tras ataque con cohetes desde Gaza

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

Disparos de cohetes desde Gaza hacia Israel el 7 de octubre de 2023. (Crédito: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)Haz clic aquí para ver las actualizaciones más recientes.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Aces start WNBA Finals against the Liberty

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

New York Liberty (32-8, 16-4 Eastern Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (34-6, 18-2 Western Conference)Las Vegas; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK WNBA LINE: Aces -4.5; over/under is 171.5WNBA FINALS: Aces host first series matchupBOTTOM LINE: The Las Vegas Aces host the New York Liberty to begin the WNBA Finals. New York went 3-2 against Las Vegas during the regular season. The Liberty won the last regular season matchup 94-85 on Aug. 28 led by 25 points from Sabrina Ionescu, while Jackie Young scored 24 points for the Aces.The Aces have gone 19-1 at home. Las Vegas leads the Western Conference in team defense, allowing 80.3 points while holding opponents to 42.6% shooting.The Liberty have gone 17-3 away from home. New York ranks second in the Eastern Conference allowing 80.6 points while holding opponents to 42.4% shooting.TOP PERFORMERS: A’ja Wilson is averaging 22.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks for the Aces. Chelsea Gray is averaging 16.6 points over the last 10 game...

‘We are at war,’ Netanyahu declares after surprise attack on Israel by Hamas

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

Israel was struck by a surprise attack by Hamas early Saturday morning in one of the most serious escalations in years between Israel and the Islamist militant group. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was “at war.”The massive assault combined a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel and dozens of heavily armed gunmen attacking the country’s south from Gaza.“We are at war, and we will win,” Netanyahu said in a message to Israelis.The chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, earlier declared a state of war readiness.Following a security cabinet meeting at the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv Saturday, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that Hamas “made a grave mistake,” the Associated Press reported.Israel’s national emergency service said that one person has been killed and another 15 wounded in the onslaught that hit towns an...

Baltimore baseball fans rise with their playoff-bound Orioles: ‘This is so exciting, it’s like Christmas’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:37:43 GMT

Nine years — not that long ago in the span of the ballclub’s relationship to Baltimore — have passed since Delmon Young’s line drive rocketed down the left field line to give the Orioles their last home playoff victory.Camden Yards throbbed with passion that afternoon in a way it has not since. The Orioles were swept out of the American League Championship Series later that October, and their postseason ambitions died with a single heartbreaking loss in 2016.They wandered into the baseball wilderness after that, losing 115 games in 2018, 108 in 2019 and 110 in 2021. Many fans opted to hibernate rather than experience the hopelessness of those years.That helps explain the intense hunger and joy they feel now that the Orioles are back, preparing to host the Texas Rangers in the first game of the American League Division Series on Saturday afternoon.For young fans, this is a chance to feel the Orioles Magic their parents and grandparents were raised on, to b...