A mum has given her daughter the weight loss drug Ozempic because she doesn’t want her to get fat. Kait Handler, 40, from New York, has had problems with her own weight in the past so when she saw her 12-year-old daughter Birdie develop similar issues aged eight,

Medicare and Medicaid would cover weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic under a new rule proposed by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, increasing access to the widely popular medications to millions of adults with obesity in the U.S., though the plan would likely face opposition under President-elect Donald Trump's second administration.

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are gaining popularity as quick fixes for shedding pounds. Known as GLP-1 agonists, these medications work by imitating a gut hormone that reduces hunger,

Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly if a $35 billion proposal from the Biden administration is blessed by President-elect Donald Trump.

“I love Thanksgiving for the pumpkin pie — it's such a low-sugar dessert that it tends to be fine for your blood sugar,” Bensley tells PEOPLE. “Chocolate is okay, but just try to do it with your meal to keep that blood sugar stable.”

The diabetes drug, Ozempic, has been in the headlines, causing quite a stir. Senior writer for Drugwatch.com, Terry Turner, joined LiveNow to discuss how some people are ending up in the hospital, for misusing Ozempic as a weight loss drug.

Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular drugs used for weight loss like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare and Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning.