Prescription of semaglutide has increased over the past year

Prescription of semaglutide has increased over the past year

Prescriptions for semaglutide jumped 150% in the past year, with an 80% increase in prescriptions written per provider, new data suggests. Among more than 350,000 prescribers in the national DrFirst network between December 2022 and June 2023, prescriptions for the Wegovy weight loss formulation increased sixfold while those for Ozempic, the lower dose version to …

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People with HIV are at increased risk of COVID reinfection: CDC

People with HIV are at increased risk of COVID reinfection: CDC

People living with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, are at increased risk of reinfection with COVID-19, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Looking at COVID-19 and HIV infections in Chicago, CDC researchers determined that reinfection rates were consistently higher among people who were HIV-positive than among those …

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