Hospitals Triage MRI Scans by Diagnosis on Day Four of the Helium Shortage
Day four of the helium shortage finds hospitals in eight states triaging MRI scans by diagnosis — the blockade's cost has entered the examining room.
Nora Whitfield
Bureau: Chicago
Eli Lilly Prices Oral Foundayo at $149 and the GLP-1 Price War Goes Hand-to-Hand
A month of weight-loss medication now costs less than a middle-shelf gym membership, and the policy that tried for this did not get there.
Your Social Security Raise Is $56 and Medicare Takes Most of It
A cost-of-living adjustment that moves checks by $56 and costs by $45 is not a raise — it is an accounting entry the war helped inflate.
Measles Count Reaches 1,714 as the 26-Year Elimination Claim Creeps Toward Its Line
1,714 cases, a November review, and a 12-month continuous-transmission clock counting down inside a CDC that keeps releasing data on Fridays.
FDA's GLP-1 Compounding Crackdown Leaves Telehealth Ads in Legal Limbo
The April 1 clarification narrowed compounding exemptions; the April 3 label change dropped the suicide-ideation warning — the regulator is doing two things at once.
The Number Twelve Migrates From a Pediatrics Paper Into Fourteen State Bills
Elevated risks of depression, obesity, and poor sleep for phone-owning 12-year-olds — CHOP's December cutoff is now legislation in fourteen states.
Olive Garden Adds an Ozempic Menu and Reverses Thirty Years of Super-Sizing
Smaller portions, protein forward, premium priced — the chain that built unlimited breadsticks now sells restraint to the 12 percent of adults on a GLP-1.