MEDICARE APPROVES NEW WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG WEGOVY
Medicare will cover the weight loss drug Wegovy now. Weight gains tend to link up with heart disease. However, demand for the medication is through the roof. Traditionally, once Medicare approves a drug, private insurers tend to follow.
The U.S. has been slow to recognize weight gain as a condition. Instead, these inaccuracies abound:
Take care of yourself
Just push away from the table
Shaming
Prejudice
Just resist desserts
The myriad of weight loss diets
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE LEADS CHARGE AGAINST HOUSE SPEAKER
The House changed its rules so that one member can remove the Republican House Speaker. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed the motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), because he moved a measure to avoid a government shutdown through the House to avoid a government shutdown.
Greene said that this was more of a warning than a pink slip, according to NBC News:
"I'm not saying that it won’t happen in two weeks or it won’t happen in a month or who knows when. But I am saying the clock has started. It’s time for our conference to choose a new speaker.”
PRINCESS OF WALES’ CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Princess Katherine. 42, was scheduled for abdominal surgery to remove a benign tumor in January. Today the future queen and mother of three revealed that the surgery uncovered cancer. Princess Kate is currently going through chemotherapy.
NETANYAHU VOWS TO ATTACK THE PALESTINIANS’ LAST REFUGE
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with Isreal Prime Minister Netanyahu today regarding the plight of one and one-half million Palestinians taking refuge in Rafah, Gaza. That is the southernmost city where Netanyahu directed the civilians to retreat. The Palestinians in Rafah are currently near starvation.
Blinken relayed to the prime minister the U.S. request for a minimum six-week cease-fire. The Secretary discussed goals for a humanitarian effort. Netanyahu said an invasion into Ratha will happen regardless of what America wants. The Israeli population there has no safe refuge.
The U.S. authored a Gaza-Isreael cease-fire resolution for the U.N. However, both Russia and China shot it down with their vote. It only takes one veto to tank a resolution.
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