Biden proposes weight-loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy be covered by Medicare and Medicaid
Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to receive popular weight-loss drugs like Wigoby and Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under new rules proposed by the Biden administration Tuesday morning. A costly proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the latest in a potential showdown between the powerful pharmaceutical industry […]
Trump Vows Huge Tariffs if Mexico, Canada Do Not Block Migrants, Drugs
President-elect Donald Trump opened diplomacy by promising to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada until they stem the flow of migrants and deadly drugs. “Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to simply resolve this long-simmering issue,” he said. I wrote In real social. “We hereby demand that they use this […]
NYC medical examiner says Daniel Penny at fault for Jordan Neely’s death even with drugs in his system
A Manhattan coroner testified last week that after viewing video of the incident, he believes Daniel Penny was the sole cause of Jordan Neely's death, even if Neely had drugs in his system. did. Dr. Cynthia Harris, who performed his autopsy, told jurors that she did not wait for a toxicology report to declare his […]
Video makes clear that Jordan Neely died from fatal chokehold, even if he had enough drugs in his system to ‘put down an elephant’: ME
The medical examiner who ruled Jordan Neely's death a homicide by strangulation of Daniel Penny said Friday that even though the homeless man had an amount of drugs in his system “enough to bring down an elephant,” he said He insisted that even if it somehow turned out, he would uphold the verdict. The video […]
Missouri Teacher Raped Students, Offered Money and Drugs to Stay Quiet
A Missouri teacher is accused of raping multiple students and offering them alcohol, drugs and money to keep them quiet, authorities announced Wednesday. Carissa Jane Smith, 30, used her long-term substitute teaching job at Dixon Middle School and paraprofessional role at Dixon High School to groom underage boys, the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office said this […]
Burglary victim arrested at home after police find drugs during 911 response: ‘Should have hid his cocaine’
A Florida man was arrested last week after his home was burglarized and assaulted after he left drugs outside, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced Thursday. Judd, who posts short “morning briefing” videos on his Facebook page almost every day, was sent to jail himself after the victim, 59-year-old Everett Brown, called 911 for help. […]
CBS News Inaccurately Claims Mexican Navy Seized Drugs from ‘Narco-Submarine’
CBS News inaccurately reported that the Mexican Navy seized 3.6 tons of cocaine from a “narco submarine.” The Mexican government reports that drugs were found on the twin-engine “Go Fast” vessel. CBS News reported Wednesday that Mexico's navy “seized 3.6 tons (about 8,000 pounds) of cocaine off the Pacific coast from a 'drug submarine' discovered […]
California Voters Reverse Decade-Old Crime Ballot Measure, Opting To Crackdown On Retail Theft, Drugs
California has voted to pass a ballot measure aimed at reducing retail theft and drug use in the state, rescinding a decade-old measure, according to The Associated Press and multiple sources. Proposition 36 is expected to increase penalties for retail theft and drug possession, while requiring treatment for certain drug offenders. According to to the […]
40 sheriffs torch Biden-Harris’ open-border policies for unleashing crime and drugs on small-town America
A coalition of more than 40 sheriffs from 18 states issued a joint statement. letter Addressing the nation on Tuesday, he denounced the Biden-Harris administration's destructive open border policies that have caused a spike in crime and drugs in America's small towns. In the letter obtained by Daily Caller News Foundationsheriffs expressed “serious concerns for […]
Pumping the unemployed with weight-loss drugs echoes Victorian attitudes to the poor | Kenan Malik
IIn early 2023, Lars Fluagaard-Jorgensen, chief executive of Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, and Pinder Sahota, vice president of the company's UK subsidiary, met in Whitehall with then-Health Secretary Steve Barclay, head of the UK He met with Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty and others in Whitehall. Health authorities and financial authorities. They discussed […]