Wegovy works. But here’s what happens if you can’t afford to keep taking the drug
Wegovy has been called “a major breakthrough” given how well it works to reduce body weight. But the injection drug is extremely expensive and when people can’t afford to stay on it, they experience rebound weight gain that’s hard to stop. Katherine Streeter for NPR From TikTok influencers talking it up to celebrities worrying about […]
Wegovy works. But here’s what happens if you can’t afford to keep taking the drug
Wegovy has been called “a major breakthrough” given how well it works to reduce body weight. But the injection drug is extremely expensive and when people can’t afford to stay on it, they experience rebound weight gain that’s hard to stop. Katherine Streeter for NPR From TikTok influencers talking it up to celebrities worrying about […]
A baby spent 36 days at an in-network hospital. Why did her parents get a huge bill?
Brenna Kearney plays with her daughter, Joey, at home in Chicago. When Kearney was pregnant, she developed a rare type of preeclampsia and had to undergo an emergency cesarean section. Joey was discharged after a 36-day stay in the NICU. Taylor Glascock for KHN Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she […]
A baby spent 36 days at an in-network hospital. Why did her parents get a huge bill?
Brenna Kearney plays with her daughter, Joey, at home in Chicago. When Kearney was pregnant, she developed a rare type of preeclampsia and had to undergo an emergency cesarean section. Joey was discharged after a 36-day stay in the NICU. Taylor Glascock for KHN Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she […]
Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives
Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough of the rescue drug naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose. She pleaded with colleagues at the college where she’s an adjunct teacher in Albany, Georgia, to use their prescription benefits to get two doses […]
9 diseases that keep epidemiologists up at night
Thinking about the next pandemic keeps lots of researchers busy. Peter Zelei Images/Getty Images Just three years ago, on Jan. 30, 2020, the head of the World Health Organization made a landmark declaration: A “novel coronavirus” that had first been identified in China had spread to a degree where it was now a “Public Health […]
Slight rise in MN COVID deaths
This weekend the Minnesota Department of Health will close the remaining free, state-run COVID-19 testing sites: St. Paul Midway, Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Brooklyn Park and Duluth. Although these sites are closing, Minnesota Commissioner of Health Dr. Brooke Cunningham emphasized in a press release announcing the closures that “COVID-19 tests will continue to be widely available […]
FDA moves to ease restrictions on blood donations for men who have sex with men
An expected change in FDA policy would make it easier for men who have sex with men to donate blood. Toby Talbot/AP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued proposed guidance Friday to ease restrictions on blood donations by men who have sex with men. The change is expected to take effect after a public […]
How to navigate estrangement and toxic relationships
Do you have a family member who you are just not speaking to right now? You’re not alone. About 27 percent of American adults say they have cut off contact with a family member, according to one study from Cornell University. So how do you decide when to cut someone off or to try to […]
Virologists defend their science as officials eye more oversight of risky experiments
This image shows purified particles of mpox virus, formerly called monkeypox. Viruses like these can be genetically altered in the lab in ways that might make them more dangerous. NIAID Over 150 virologists have signed on to a commentary that says all the evidence to date indicates that the coronavirus pandemic started naturally, and it […]