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Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health

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So you鈥檝e decided to go on a GLP-1 to lose weight. These medicines might seem like an easy way to drop unwanted pounds, but you鈥檒l likely need to do a few other things to be successful long-term.

He Needs an Expensive Drug. A Copay Card Helped 鈥 Until It Didn鈥檛.

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Diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, a California man was prescribed a drug that costs thousands of dollars a month. He said he was reassured that the drugmaker鈥檚 copay card would cover his share, but after two months, the card was empty.

As More Americans Embrace Anxiety Treatment, MAHA Derides Medications

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the broadening use of anxiety medications, claiming they鈥檙e harmful. Doctors and researchers say the MAHA movement is misrepresenting drugs that have been proved to safely treat chronic anxiety and point to broader social changes to explain their increased use.

M谩s personas toman medicamentos para tratar la ansiedad, aunque el gobierno critica su uso

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La proporci贸n de adultos en el pa铆s que tomaron medicamentos para la ansiedad aument贸 de 11,7% en 2019 a 14,3% en 2024, y la mayor parte del incremento se registr贸 durante la pandemia de covid.

What the Health? From 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News: New Flu Vax? FDA Says No Thanks

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It鈥檚 been a busy week at the FDA, with a political appointee overruling agency scientists to reject an application for a new flu vaccine. Meanwhile, anti-abortion Republicans on Capitol Hill complain the agency is dragging its feet on reviewing the abortion pill mifepristone. Jackie Forti茅r of 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News, Lizzy Lawrence of Stat, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

Effective but Underprescribed: HIV Prevention Meds Aren鈥檛 Reaching Enough People

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PrEP has been available for more than a decade, but billing mistakes, lack of awareness, and lingering stigma keep many people from getting the lifesaving HIV prevention medication.

It鈥檚 2026 and You鈥檙e Uninsured. Now What?

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Many Americans are expected to lose ACA or Medicaid coverage in coming months and years as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the expiration of enhanced pandemic-era subsidies that helped people afford Obamacare plans. Doctors and researchers say there are still ways to find affordable care.

Es 2026 y no tienes seguro m茅dico. 驴Y ahora qu茅?

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Los cambios en las pol铆ticas de salud en Washington est谩n teniendo repercusiones en todo el pa铆s y haciendo que millones de personas pierdan su cobertura de Medicaid o de ACA. Pero hay opciones.

What the Health? From 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News: Health Spending Is Moving in Congress

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Lawmakers appear on the brink of passing a spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services and a bipartisan health policy bill delayed for over a year. But the outlook is bleaker for the health care outline released by President Trump last week. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews oncologist and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel to discuss his new book, 鈥淓at Your Ice Cream.鈥

California Ends Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Despite TrumpRx Plan

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Low-income Californians who use Wegovy and similar medications for weight loss lost their coverage at the start of the new year, with officials advising diet and exercise instead. California and other states say the drugs are too costly, even as the Trump administration announces plans to lower prices.

FDA鈥檚 Plan To Boost Biosimilar Drugs Could Stall at the Patent Office

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Drug industry officials and analysts praised the FDA鈥檚 plans to streamline regulation of 鈥渂iosimilars,鈥 which are cheaper alternatives to biologic drugs. But patents that block such drugs from the U.S. market are getting harder to fight.

In Mississippi, Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Fails To Catch On

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In Mississippi, a state with one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, Medicaid covers weight loss drugs, but few enrollees have signed up for the benefit.

Listen: Why ‘TrumpRx’ Might Not Save You Money

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On the “Today, Explained” podcast, 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News’ Julie Rovner recaps the TrumpRx announcement and why the direct-to-consumer initiative may not save you money on prescription drugs if you have insurance through your employer or the government.

What the Health? From 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News: Public Health Further Politicized Under the Threat of More Firings

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In a rambling news conference that shocked public health experts, President Donald Trump 鈥 without scientific evidence 鈥 blamed the over-the-counter drug acetaminophen, and too many childhood vaccines, for the increase in autism diagnoses in the U.S. That came days after a key immunization advisory panel, newly reconstituted with vaccine doubters, changed several long-standing recommendations. Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official Demetre Daskalakis joins 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories. Meanwhile, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join Rovner with the rest of the news, including a threat by the Trump administration to fire rather than furlough federal workers if Congress fails to fund the government beyond the Oct. 1 start of the new fiscal year.

驴Por qu茅 mueren m谩s personas mayores despu茅s de sufrir ca铆das?

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En 2023, el a帽o m谩s reciente con datos disponibles de los Centros para el Control y Prevenci贸n de Enfermedades (CDC), m谩s de 41.000 personas mayores de 65 a帽os murieron por ca铆das.

Under Trump, FDA Seeks To Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs

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Advisory committee meetings help FDA scientists make decisions and increase public understanding of drug regulation, and abandoning them doesn鈥檛 make sense, former officials said.