New fat-busting drugs are helping public employees lose weight, but they're also busting budgets for local governments.

The drugs reportedly under consideration for coverage include Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Ozempic, and Eli Lilly's Zepbound and ...

Novo Nordisk has reported another significant criticality: the presence of unauthorized versions of its drugs on the US ...

The number of U.S. adults that are aware of GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, has jumped significantly in the last few years, a new survey shows. The YouGov poll, ...

A move to cover expensive weight-loss drugs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid may be in the works, but any such program ...

Craft beer is in decline. For the first time in nearly two decades in the U.S., more breweries closed in 2024 than opened, ...

The report comes a day after President Trump sent a series of letters to top U.S. healthcare company CEOs insisting that they lower the prices of important treatments. If implemented, this apparent ...

Blockbuster weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have surged in popularity, but high prices have left them out of reach for many obese Americans.

Some obese Americans on Medicare and Medicaid could get access to expensive weight loss drugs under a five-year experiment ...

Medical professionals observe that GLP-1 medications like Ozempic show promise for treating rheumatoid arthritis alongside ...

Drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists were initially developed to treat Type 2 diabetes but have become a cultural phenomenon.

State Medicaid programs already are allowed to offer GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, but only 13 state programs currently do so. Meanwhile, Medicare currently covers GLP-1 drugs for people with a ...