Journalists Talk Cost of Weight Loss Drugs and Lack of Obesity Doctors to Manage Their Use

June 1, 2024

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed weight loss drugs on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on May 29.

Read Rayasam’s “High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment”

Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health, discussed whether enough doctors are trained in obesity medicine on CBS News’ “CBS Morning News” on May 29.

She also discussed the third confirmed case of bird flu in the United States — the first with respiratory symptoms — on “CBS Mornings” on May 31.

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed how cancer patients face high medical debt on KCBS on May 28.

Read Levey’s “In America, Cancer Patients Endure Debt on Top of Disease”

�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed the drop in applications to medical residency programs in Georgia on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 24.

Read Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan’s “Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding States With Abortion Restrictions”

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<h2>Journalists Talk Cost of Weight Loss Drugs and Lack of Obesity Doctors to Manage Their Use</h2>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed weight loss drugs on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on May 29.</p>

<li>Read Rayasam’s “<a href="/news/article/high-prices-ozempic-mounjaro-wegovy-glp1s/">High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment</a>”</li>
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<p>Céline Gounder, �鶹Ů�� Health News’ senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health, discussed whether enough doctors are trained in obesity medicine on CBS News’ “CBS Morning News” on May 29.</p>

<p>She also discussed the third confirmed case of bird flu in the United States — the first with respiratory symptoms — on “CBS Mornings” on May 31.</p>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed how cancer patients face high medical debt on KCBS on May 28.</p>

<li>Read Levey’s “<a href="/news/article/in-america-cancer-patients-endure-debt-on-top-of-disease/">In America, Cancer Patients Endure Debt on Top of Disease</a>”</li>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed the drop in applications to medical residency programs in Georgia on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 24.</p>

<li>Read Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan’s “<a href="/news/article/medical-students-residents-spurning-abortion-ban-states/">Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding States With Abortion Restrictions</a>”</li>
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