NEWSNATIONNOW (Stephanie Sokol) - GLP-1 prescriptions for kids up more than 30,000% since 2019
Kids with obesity-related conditions like high cholesterol or sleep apnea were substantially more likely to be prescribed GLP-1s than those without.
NEWSNATIONNOW (NewsNation Staff) - GLP-1 weight-loss drugs show promise for sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea affects nearly one billion adults worldwide and is linked to serious health problems.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Alicia Sitz) - GLP-1s may work by activating an unlikely weight loss ally
A neuron known for stimulating hunger is actually triggered into overdrive by semaglutide.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - More US employers dropping coverage for weight-loss drugs in 2027
Demand for Ozempic, Wegovy and similar drugs is soaring, but some employers say the cost is becoming too much to absorb.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Taylor Delandro) - Are GLP-1s pushing plus-size clothing off of store shelves?
Experts say there isn't enough evidence to prove weight-loss drugs are the sole reason retailers are reducing larger sizes.
NYTIMES (Carolyn Y. Johnson) - An Experimental Single-Time Treatment Slashed Cholesterol for a Year
A small gene-editing study significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels, and the results have stuck a year later.
JUSTTHENEWS (Claire Harrington) - “They look like chemo patients:” pharmacists sound alarm over popular drugs used for weight loss
The use of GLP-1s like Ozempic and Mounjaro jumped 8 percentage points in the last two years, latest data shows.
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - First President to Actually Lower Drug Prices: Trump Delivers Steepest Rx Drop Since 1963
President Donald J. Trump’s recent prescription drug policy changes, implemented in February 2026, have delivered the steepest annual decline in U.S. prescription drug prices in more than six decades. Prices fell 3.1% in the year ending July 2026, the largest drop since March 1963, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index data. This […] The post First President to Actually Lower Drug Prices: Trump Delivers Steepest Rx Drop Since 1963 appeared first on StoneZone .
President Donald J. Trump’s recent prescription drug policy changes, implemented in February 2026, have delivered the steepest annual decline in U.S. prescription drug prices in more than six decades. Prices fell 3.1% in the year ending July 2026, the largest drop since March 1963, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index data. This is a dramatic reversal from decades of relentless price increases, during which American patients absorbed the bulk of global pharmaceutical research and development costs while other nations paid far less for the same medications. White House officials attribute the historic decline primarily to President Trump’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) policies and the TrumpRx platform. Under…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Jordan Perkins) - What is Medicare's GLP-1 Bridge program?
The program will allow certain Medicare enrollees access to GLP-1 drugs for just $50 a month.
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Alexa PenaVega grieves three fellow child stars lost to addiction, illness, and life on the streets
Actress Alexa PenaVega mourned the deaths of Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Daveigh Chase in a single Instagram post, three women she grew up alongside on the Disney Channel, all gone before 40. PenaVega, now 37 and best known for the "Spy Kids" franchise, published the tribute on Tuesday. It arrived two days after Panettiere's […] The post Alexa PenaVega grieves three fellow child stars lost to addiction, illness, and life on the streets appeared first on American Almanac .
Actress Alexa PenaVega mourned the deaths of Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Daveigh Chase in a single Instagram post, three women she grew up alongside on the Disney Channel, all gone before 40. PenaVega, now 37 and best known for the "Spy Kids" franchise, published the tribute on Tuesday. It arrived two days after Panettiere's father confirmed his daughter's death to Page Six , and weeks after Chase died on the streets of Los Angeles. Trachtenberg had already been dead since February 2025. Three former Disney Channel stars, three separate tragedies, all compressed into a few months of loss for the people who knew them. PenaVega did not soften the weight of the moment. She wrote plainly about what it meant to grow up in an…Open