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Given the huge demand for Ozempic, the blockbuster drug that treats diabetes and is also being prescribed off-label for weight loss, it's not uncommon to meet someone just starting out or already taking the drug.Novo Nordisk Data, which makes Ozempic, suggests US providers were writing about 60,000 new weekly prescriptions for the drug as of April. But far fewer patients have been taking the drug for years, since it's relatively new, can cause side effects, and is expensive without insurance coverage.Barbie Jackson-Williams, 54, of Des Moines, Iowa, said she started taking Ozempic in early 2021 to lose weight and manage…

Jeff McNeil and the New York Mets haven't had the season they envisioned, but sometimes you have to take what you're given.McNeil did just that with his Little League inside-the-park home run Saturday night in Boston against the Red Sox.With two men in scoring position trailing 2-0 in the top of the fourth, the defending National League batting champion came to the plate and did his job, ripping a line drive up the middle.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Jeff McNeil of the New York Mets smiles as he rounds third base and scores on a two-RBI single…

Groveman said opposition to the proposal comes mainly from developers who don't want restrictions on where they can build.A 2016 University of Vermont study found that wetlands and floodplains protected Middlebury from up to $1.8 million in flood damage during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.“There is always tension when it comes to development and economic growth,” Groveman said. “But I think it's clear that it's not good for anyone to develop in these wetland areas. As storms become more frequent, we will see increased costs associated with flood damage. There is a great need to better protect wetlands and land…

First, Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced a special legislative session that ended with Republican lawmakers rushing through a six-week abortion ban.Then he signed it at a major conservative summit attended by half a dozen Republican presidential candidates.Now, he has once again invited more of those candidates to sitting at the Iowa State Fair next monthwhere, invariably, their six-week ban could be a prominent topic of discussion.It's a series of moves, coming six months before the Iowa caucuses, that in many ways challenge a crucial takeaway from the 2022 midterms: that talk of abortion restrictions is political poison for Republicans.However,…