diff --git a/script/events/outside.js b/script/events/outside.js
index 83cbefb..97dd7df 100644
--- a/script/events/outside.js
+++ b/script/events/outside.js
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ Events.Outside = [
     { /* Sickness */
     	title: 'Sickness',
   		isAvailable: function() {
-  			return Engine.activeModule == Outside && $SM.get('game.population', true) > 10 && $SM.get('game.population', true) < 50;
+  			return Engine.activeModule == Outside && 
+  				$SM.get('game.population', true) > 10 && 
+  				$SM.get('game.population', true) < 50 && 
+  				$SM.get('stores.medicine', true) > 0;
   		},
   		scenes: {
   			'start': {
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ Events.Outside = [
     { /* Plague */
     	title: 'Plague',
   		isAvailable: function() {
-  			return Engine.activeModule == Outside && $SM.get('game.population', true) > 50;
+  			return Engine.activeModule == Outside && $SM.get('game.population', true) > 50 && $SM.get('stores.medicine', true) > 0;
   		},
   		scenes: {
   			'start': {
diff --git a/script/events/room.js b/script/events/room.js
index fcd4beb..76195e4 100644
--- a/script/events/room.js
+++ b/script/events/room.js
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ Events.Room = [
 	{ /* The Sick Man */
   		title: 'The Sick Man',
   		isAvailable: function() {
-  			return Engine.activeModule == Room && $SM.get('features.location.world');
+  			return Engine.activeModule == Room && $SM.get('stores.medicine', true) > 0;
   		},
   		scenes: {
   			'start': {