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Winston Hall, 9, needs growth hormone to manage symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic condition. A shortage of the medicine has contributed to behavioral issues that led him to be sent home from school.

Health & Safety

Persistent shortage of growth hormone frustrates parents and clinicians

4:33pm April 17, 2024

by Sydney Lupkin

As a shortage of growth hormone used to treat rare diseases in children drags on, families and doctors are struggling with insurers' requirements to get prescriptions filled.

Injectable weight-loss drugs are becoming a multi-billion dollar market, but they are not covered by Medicare. The drugmakers are trying to change that.

Health & Safety

Ozempic and Wegovy maker courts prominent Black leaders to get Medicare's favor

5:40am August 07, 2023

by Rachana Pradhan

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk focuses on Black lawmakers and opinion leaders to spread the message that obesity is a chronic disease — worth treating at a cost of $1,000 or more a month.

ShantaQuilette Develle Carter-Williams, 44, was prescribed Ozempic after a stroke put her life in danger. The drug worked wonders — until she couldn't get it.

Health & Safety

'You forget to eat': How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug

5:00am April 01, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

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