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Life-saving hormone ‘belongs to the world,’ scientists said. Insulin pricing challenges that concept.
Life-saving hormone ‘belongs to the world,’ scientists said. Insulin pricing challenges that concept.

In 1921, scientists in Canada discovered insulin. After winning the Nobel Prize, they sold the patent for $1 each, saying the hormone for battling diabetes “belongs to the world.”

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News, Diabetes, Public HealthKatherine MitchellDiabetes, insulin, Nobel prize, insulin prices, Mississippi suing drug makers, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, CVS caremark, Attorney general Lynn Fitch, price raise, Dr. Frederick Banting, rationing insulin, Brett Guthrie, Joe Kennedy, Congress, Representatives
A Daughter’s Plea
A Daughter’s Plea

GoFundMe began as a place to support social and similar causes, but now families battling diabetes are using the fundraising platform as a last-ditch attempt to cover the skyrocketing price of their life-saving drugs and supplies.

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News, Diabetes, Immersion Student Story, Public HealthKatherine MitchellDiabetes, GoFundMe, insulin, insulin prices, Zoe Massery, crowdfunding, price gouging, big pharma, Courtney Massery, disability, medicaid, Grady Moffett, Mutual Aid Diabetes, MAD, copay laws
Nonprofits help uninsured Mississippians patch together health care services
Nonprofits help uninsured Mississippians patch together health care services

Sitting in his home in New Orleans, Andrea Lane watched in alarm as his toes began turning a dark color.

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Mississippi News, News, Mississippi SpotlightKatherine MitchellMississippi Medicaid, federal money, expand coverage, medicaid expansion, Mississippi Spotlight, Unsteady Pulse, medicaid coverage, Andrea Lane, diabetes, health insurance, insulin, Diabetes foundation, coverage gap, donut hole