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Month: August 2023

Novo Nordisk expects Wegovy starter dose restrictions to persist into 2024, longer than previously forecast

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Citing “unprecedented demand,” drugmaker Novo Nordisk said Thursday it expects supply restrictions on starter doses of the weight loss medicine Wegovy to persist into 2024, several months beyond its previous prediction. The company is prioritizing higher, or so-called maintenance, doses of the medicine so that patients who have already

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New school bus routes a ‘disaster,’ Kentucky superintendent admits. Last kids got home at 10 pm

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s largest school system has cancelled the second and third day of school after a disastrous overhaul of the transportation system. Some children didn’t arrive home until almost 10 p.m. on opening day. The Courier Journal reports the disaster came after major changes to school bus routes and school start times

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Biden will ask Congress for $13B to support Ukraine, $12B for disaster fund, an AP source says

By LISA MASCARO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will ask Congress to provide more than $13 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine, another massive infusion of cash as the Russian invasion wears on and Ukraine pushes a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s deeply entrenched forces, a person familiar

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fires nearly all governors in West Bank in major upheaval

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired most of the governors in the occupied West Bank. The move follows long-standing demands for a political shake-up as frustration grows with the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority. Abbas issued a decree dismissing the governors of eight provinces under Palestinian administration in the occupied territory. The

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Western officials: Niger junta warned they’d kill deposed president after any military intervention

By SAM MEDNICK and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials told The Associated Press. They spoke to the AP shortly before the West African

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India’s Modi appeals for peace in Manipur, months after ethnic clashes erupted in the state

By KRUTIKA PATHI and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for peace after opposition lawmakers had called for a no-confidence vote, accusing him of staying silent as a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in months of ethnic violence. Modi raised the conflict in Manipur

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