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WASHINGTON (AP) — Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers, …
Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare’s price negotiations Read More
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico – The famous red and white logo can be seen on almost every street. It is painted on the front of mom-and-pop stores. It is …
How one Mexican city struggles against big industry for water Read More
Neoliberal policies have infected both arms of politics in Brazil and its people are falling sick. Diogo Mazeron writes. After a very close and polarised election at the end of …
Austerity in Brazil – the dangerous cuts Read More
Pressure is mounting on the publisher of the Economist over its commercial ties with the world’s three biggest tobacco companies, after numerous senior NHS and international health experts pulled out …
Pressure mounts on publisher of Economist over ties to tobacco Read More
The interministerial strategy, led by AIS and bringing together the Ministries of Health, Economy, and Education, was presented on Wednesday (28 August). It forms part of the healthcare component of France 2030, …
France to invest €170 million in preventive healthcare innovations Read More
Hilary Sutcliffe explores why processed food firms are free to peddle poison and how mother can actually know best. Rumour has it that the Labour Party is set to take …
Mum. How are cigarette companies allowed to still exist? Read More
The health and social care visa route was introduced in August 2020 as a response to labour shortages after Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Now, the independent chief inspector of …
How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector Read More
Just weeks after a damning survey revealed that less than a quarter of people are still satisfied with the NHS, a new poll has found that just more than a …
The NHS is Now So Under-Pressure People Want to Pay for Treatment, Poll Reveals Read More
When Tammy Crowder’s phone rang late one evening in February 2018, her eldest sister, Joy, sounded panicked. Their mother, Cleveland Hager, had slipped and fallen on her side, injuring her …
When the State Comes for Your Estate Read More
The streets of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, are packed with angry demonstrators calling to “end hardship now!” amid the West African country’s worst economic crisis in more than two decades. The protests kicked off …
Many Nigerians struggle to afford food amid record inflation Read More