Washington — Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular drugs used for weight loss like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare and Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The costly proposal ...

Certain drugs may affect fertility in females. These include various common prescription medications, chemotherapy drugs, some over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, and others. People need to check with their doctor before taking or stopping a medication due to ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Kentucky, Alaska and Alabama are the three states where weight loss drugs are most used, and Hawaii, Arizona and Colorado sit at the other end of the spectrum, a report has revealed

Certain blockbuster obesity drugs will be available for as little as $149 per month and more Medicare enrollees will have access to them under two deals announced Thursday by the Trump administration. The arrangements with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo ...

In the first round of direct price negotiations between Medicare and drug manufacturers, prices for 10 expensive and commonly used drugs saw price cuts between 38 percent to 79 percent compared to their 2023 list prices, the White House and the US ...

There’s a bar in Baltimore, Maryland, that very few people get to enter. It has a cocktail station, beer taps and shelves stacked with spirits. But only scientists or drug-trial volunteers ever visit, because this bar is actually a research laboratory.

At last week's launch of TrumpRx, President Trump described the discounted drug platform as "one of the most transformative health care initiatives of all time." But experts and health care advocates said that limitations with the new service could ...

Have you ever tried to fill a prescription only to be turned away by your pharmacy because it’s out of stock? Drug shortages happen when there’s not enough supply of a drug to meet current or expected demand. Cancer drugs, painkillers, ADHD medications ...

Dr. Laure DeMattia, a bariatric medicine specialist in Norman, Oklahoma, feels the frustration of her patients as they struggle to lose weight. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

From July 2025 to November 2025, Customs and Border Protection’s air and marine drug seizures dropped by 98%. The Coast Guard, which is in charge of most maritime drug interdictions, saw a 200% seizure increase in fiscal year 2025 compared with other ...

Dr. David A. Kessler has always been in the business of keeping people healthy – but by his own admission, he hasn't always applied that to himself. Kessler's problem was with food. In medical school, greasy French fries and salted roast beef helped him ...

Drug-making giant Johnson & Johnson will officially start marketing four of its medications on the Trump administration's TrumpRx website​ on Friday, CBS News exclusively learned.