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Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs

Nov. 26, 2024 18:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly if a $ 35 billion proposal from the Biden administration is blessed by President-elect Donald Trump. The rule, unveiled Tuesday by the Health and...

AP Race Call: Republican David Taylor wins election to U.S. House in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District

Nov. 05, 2024 20:31 PM EST

Republican David Taylor won election to a U.S. House seat representing Ohio on Tuesday. A small business owner and former prosecutor, Taylor was boosted to victory by an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. He won an open seat serving the 2nd Congressional District after U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup...

Congress targets Chinese influence in health tech. It could come with tradeoffs

Sep. 13, 2024 14:11 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A California biotechnology company that helps doctors detect genetic causes for cancer is among those that could be cut out of the U.S. market over ties to China, underscoring the possible tradeoffs between health innovation and a largely bipartisan push in Congress to counter...

Cuomo defends COVID-19 nursing home decisions in combative House committee hearing

Sep. 10, 2024 19:58 PM EDT

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced blistering criticism in an often combative congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during the time when the virus was spreading through nursing homes. Republicans who questioned the Democrat zeroed...