Healthcare Costs

Insurance Premiums Drug Pricing Public Spending Obesity Impact Public Health Economics Insurance Coverage Public Health Expenditure Insurance NHS Funding Medical Expenses

WHO Issues First GLP-1 Obesity Guidelines, Backing Long-Term Use With Behavioral Therapy

The conditional endorsement reflects limited long-term evidence and severe access constraints.

WHO Adds GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs to Essential Medicines List With Conditional Guidance

Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Shot Lenacapavir Starts Rollout in South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia

Irish Life Health Sets 5% Premium Rise From January 2026 in Fourth Increase This Year

Medicare Part B Premium Jumps to $202.90 for 2026, Nearly 10% Increase

KFF Poll: GLP-1 Use Hits 12% of U.S. Adults as Cost Burdens Persist

Texas Voters Approve $3 Billion Dementia Research Institute and Fund

WalletHub 2025 Ranking Puts West Virginia Most Overweight, Colorado Lowest

New Studies Recast Superbug Strategy With Targeted Cefiderocol Use and a Potent Rediscovered Antibiotic Lead

WeWard Unveils AI ‘Sam’ to Show How Sedentary Living Could Alter Our Bodies by 2050

Stroke Kills One Brazilian Every Six Minutes, New Data Show

South Africa Approves Twice-Yearly HIV Prevention Shot, Clearing Path to 2026 Rollout

Study Links Home Wood Burning to 2,500 UK Deaths as Data Exposes Enforcement Shortfall

Sindh Caps Prices for Dengue, Malaria and CBC Tests Through December 31

American Airlines to Limit GLP-1 Coverage to Diabetics in 2026 as Flight Attendants Object

Private Hospitals Capture Most Ayushman Bharat Treatments and Spending, NHA Finds

Osteoporosis Alarms Over High Costs in Mexico and Rising Fractures Forecast in Spain

WHO Links Alcohol to 111,300 EU Cancer Cases, Urges Swift Policy Action

New Data Show Mental Health Needs Rising as Care Access Lags in Europe and Italy

Burgenland Scales Up Mental-Health Services as Long Waits Persist