As weight loss drugs soar in popularity, many who could benefit can’t get them
Demand for weight loss drugs has soared over the last year, to the point that semaglutide — better known by the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy — has been in…
Supply of weight loss drug Wegovy expected to improve in next few months, company says
The maker of the popular weight loss drug Wegovy said Wednesday that it is ramping up production of the drug, which has been in short supply in pharmacies across the…
Supply of weight loss drug Wegovy expected to improve in next few months, company says
The maker of the popular weight loss drug Wegovy said Wednesday that it is ramping up production of the drug, which has been in short supply in pharmacies across the…
U.S. takes aim at global shark fin trade
The U.S. is about to take a bite out of the shark fin trade. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is currently reviewing the funding and implementation of…
U.S. takes aim at global shark fin trade
The U.S. is about to take a bite out of the shark fin trade. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is currently reviewing the funding and implementation of…
EPA blocks mine project that threatened crucial Alaskan salmon runs
The Environmental Protection Agency moved to block the Pebble Mine in Alaska on Tuesday, preventing mining waste discharges into the Bristol Bay watershed. It’s a decision the agency says will…
Bring back the dodo bird? Ambitious plan draws investors and critics
WASHINGTON — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors,…
Dolphins and humans can team up to go fishing. Scientists now understand why.
A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Accounts of people and dolphins working together to hunt fish go back millennia, from the time of the…
Valley fever, historically found only in the Southwest, is spreading. It can have devastating consequences.
Doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with Devin Buckley. It was February 2018, and the previously healthy 18-year-old found that he couldn’t walk to the bathroom without becoming winded.…
What it’s like to take the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, from severe side effects to losing 50 pounds
For the two months Carey Yazeed took Ozempic, the drug worked as intended. Yazeed has type 2 diabetes, and the weekly injection lowered her blood sugar levels. But it also…