Tech workers trying to live longer are turning to buzzy peptide treatments

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Peptide therapies have taken off since the onset of the pandemic and the rise of weight loss drugs like Ozempic.

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The cost of hot new weight-loss drugs could put some companies out of business, Blackstone exec warns

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Wegovy injection pens

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I'll never regret living in Europe after giving birth. I got way better maternity leave and my American friends envied me.

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Esther Strauss is based in North Macedonia.

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Walmart is tackling its $6 billion healthcare bill by pushing employees to see telehealth doctors

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Walmart is offering virtual care benefits through a provider called Included Health.

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Walgreens employees plan walkout this week over miserable working conditions

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User data stolen from genetic testing giant 23andMe is now for sale on the dark web

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23andMe user data has been accessed by hackers online.

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A woman who was accidentally given abortion pills by a pharmacy when she was undergoing IVF said her plans to have a big family were shattered

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Target CVS.

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75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have gone on strike. It's the largest healthcare strike in US history.

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Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare employees went on strike Wednesday morning.

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One couple packed up an RV and drove 1,300 miles to give birth in Virginia to escape the high Black maternal mortality rate in Texas

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Mimi Evans took an RV from Texas to Virginia to give birth

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Insurers and drug-industry middlemen are cashing in on the weight-loss drug frenzy

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An illustration of a bathroom scale wrapped in bills. The dial indicates a heavier weight.

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