Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs
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Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration on Friday rejected a Biden plan that would have required Medicare and Medicaid to cover obesity drugs and expanded access for millions of people. Under the law that established Medicare’s Part D drug benefits, the program was forbidden from paying…

Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
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Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The first Trump administration deserves fair praise for accelerating the development of these vaccines through Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership. But it was the private sector that prevailed and will be remembered. In the United States, vaccines were delivered through an often…

Opinion | The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Elon Musk’s Wood Chipper
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Opinion | The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Elon Musk’s Wood Chipper

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a month of one bombshell after another (and many all at the same time), it can be hard to track the damage that the Trump administration is inflicting. But unlike attacks on predictable issues like D.E.I. and foreign aid, the announcement on…

Weight Loss Drugs and Their Lesser Known Side Effects on Relationships
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Weight Loss Drugs and Their Lesser Known Side Effects on Relationships

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Javier comes across as bewildered by the changes in his wife. He is grieving, he says, the loss of the woman he married, starting with her physical self. “I used to love feeling her body, her big body, next to me in bed,…

FDA Approves Journavx Drug to Treat Pain Without Addiction Risk
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FDA Approves Journavx Drug to Treat Pain Without Addiction Risk

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Food and Drug Administration approved a new medication Thursday to treat pain from an injury or surgery. It is expensive, with a list price of $15.50 per pill. But unlike opioid pain medicines, it cannot become addictive. That is because the drug,…

In China, Rare Dissent Over a Program to Save on Drug Costs
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In China, Rare Dissent Over a Program to Save on Drug Costs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A rare display of public anger is unfolding in China over the quality of domestically produced drugs. A prominent Shanghai surgeon pointed to anesthetics that do not put patients to sleep. A respected Beijing cardiologist questioned blood pressure medication that failed to regulate….

New Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone
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New Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A new study suggests a possible alternative to the abortion pill mifepristone, a drug that continues to be a target of lawsuits and legislation from abortion opponents. But the potential substitute could further complicate the politics of reproductive health because it is also…

Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs
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Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines That would slow the growth of the government’s spending on obesity drugs even as more people on Medicare started using them. New prices for the 10 drugs in the first round of price negotiations were announced last summer. Those prices will go into…

FDA Bans Red Dye 3 in Foods, Linking It to Cancer in Rats
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FDA Bans Red Dye 3 in Foods, Linking It to Cancer in Rats

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, beverages and drugs, more than three decades after the synthetic coloring was first found to cause cancer in male laboratory rats. The dye, a petroleum-based additive,…