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Telemedicine company offers GLP-1s for addiction

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Good morning. I didn’t have space to mention it yesterday, but can you believe Nathan Fielder made an Elizabeth Holmes documentary? Variety called it shameless and fascinating. I may need to see for myself. 

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An administrative gap delays access to new pancreatic cancer treatment 

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Good morning. An exciting post-Labor Day announcement: While STAT’s Lev Facher is away on a Knight-Wallace Fellowship, I’ll be covering the addiction beat for him! My first story published last week. Send me news tips and story ideas to tackle over the next eight months: theresa.gaffney@statnews.com 

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A CDC page on mpox caught in political crosshairs

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Good morning and happy Friday. I hope you’ve got great long weekend plans ahead. But first, scroll down to read about a Senate hearing on the NIH, a Supreme Court death penalty decision, and two related items on confusion around STIs. 

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STAT+: GSK says goodbye to leucovorin (again)

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Buyer beware: If you are an avid consumer of WAP Sensual Enhancement, the Food and Drug Administration says the pill “may be harmful.”

Want to learn about other dubious products under federal scrutiny? Scroll down.

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If you cap insulin at $35 a month, people with type 2 diabetes stick to treatment, study finds

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Good morning. Amid all the tasks that demand to be addressed each day, are you having trouble finding your sense of wonder and awe re: the moon mission? I am too. Reading this and this yesterday helped me access it. 

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