Giorno: 28 Agosto 2023

Wegovy reimbursement would cost Denmark up to $4 billion each year, ministry reports

Reimbursement of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy for the 900,000 people in Denmark who are considered obese would cost the Danish state as much as $4 billion each year, the country’s health ministry said on Monday. Wegovy is the first-to-market in a new class of highly effective weight-loss drugs. It was also found to have […]

Guatemala arrests former UN anti-corruption representative

Guatemalan prosecutors on Monday arrested the former representative of a United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission that was expelled from the country several years ago. The arrest of Claudia González is the latest chapter in the government’s systematic pursuit of those who worked with the U.N. anti-corruption mission, best known by its Spanish initials CICIG. Interviewed outside […]

Deadly Montreal fire in March is now being criminally investigated

A fire in March that killed seven people in a heritage building in Old Montreal has turned into a criminal investigation, Canadian police said Monday. Montreal police Insp. David Shane said traces of fire accelerants were found at the site, which can help explain why the flames spread so quickly. He said experts have found […]

WV Gov. Justice appoints 5 to opioid fund distribution board

Gov. Jim Justice announced the appointment Monday of five people to the board of a private foundation that will distribute most of West Virginia’s $1 billion-plus in opioid lawsuit settlements. The governor’s picks for the foundation’s 11-member board of the West Virginia First Foundation are Jefferson County Prosecutor Matt Harvey; former state Homeland Security Secretary […]

Sen. Tammy Baldwin repays taxpayer-funded November 2020 NYC trip to see partner

Vulnerable Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin repaid a taxpayer-funded trip she took to New York City in November 2020 after being asked by the press about it. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported on Monday that Baldwin – who is running for a third Senate term in the battleground state of Wisconsin – repaid the $630 […]

Biden Administration will encourage Americans to get new COVID-19 vaccine, KJP says

The Biden Administration will “encourage” Americans to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine when it rolls out in mid-September, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. “So, we know that as you all know, vaccinations against COVID-19 remains the safest protection for avoiding hospitalization, long-term health outcomes, and death,” Jean-Pierre said in the White House […]