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  Frozen Shutter/Getty images Rampant wildfires blotted out the sun, followed by torrential rains causing catastrophic mudslides, literally sweeping people away and claiming their lives. Residents struggled to breathe outdoors, as sirens pierced the air and emergency responders combed the area -- turning parts of California into what looked more like a war zone than the lovely vacation spot it is known as. Among those affected were some of our brethren living with diabetes, who on top of navigating emergency evacuations and risk to life and limb, also have to manage their own survival by assuring that they have what is needed to keep this volatile illness in check.    “It’s a complete nightmare,” said Dr. David Kerr , Director of Research and Innovation at the Sansum Diabetes Institute in Santa Barbara. “But it was also eerie that many were comforted, I guess, that somehow a total disaster had been avoided. Cars have ended up in the ocean, houses are demolis...

 When he introduced legislation earlier this month calling for transparency in insulin pricing in the state of Colorado, Rep. Dylan Roberts had his younger brother Murphy in mind. Murphy Roberts was diagnosed with type 1 at age 10 more than a decade ago, but unfortunately a low blood sugar seizure a couple years ago led to Murphy’s death. He was a 22-year-old junior in college at the time, home from Vermont for summer break and on a hiking trip with his sister. It was in Murphy’s memory that Dylan – now Rep. Roberts , chosen in October 2017 to fill a vacancy in the Colorado House of Representatives – made his first legislation one that his brother would be proud of: calling for more transparency in insulin pricing, building on efforts in other states that have been popping up across the nation. The bill he's championing is HB18-1009 (aka the Diabetes Drug Pricing Transparency Act) . Inspiration largely came from Nevada’s first-in-the-nation law , passed by that sta...