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By: Peter Sullivan, Axios Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to use the bully pulpit to lower the price of wildly popular anti-obesity drugs the same way he helped pushed drugmakers to limit inhaler and insulin costs. But this bid could be much more of an uphill climb. Why it matters: Surging demand for drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy could severely strain Medicare and patients’

By: Jake Johnson; Common Dreams “We cannot continue to run our public education system on the backs of saints and martyrs,” an elementary school teacher testified to a Senate committee. A pair of public school teachers warned a key Senate committee on Thursday that low educator pay in the United States is fueling staff shortages across the country and damaging the

By: Berkeley Lovelace Jr.; NBC News The Vermont senator wants to know why the drugmaker charges up to 15 times more for the blockbuster weight loss drugs in the U.S., compared to other countries. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says the first question he is going to ask Novo Nordisk’s CEO at a Senate committee hearing in September is why the drugmaker

By: Jessica Corbett; Common Dreams Calling the vote “disappointing,” one campaigner warned: “Nuclear is, at best, a waste of resources. At worst, it’s a meltdown.” Just U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Bernie Sanders on Tuesday voted against legislation that one scientist warned this week “will only increase the danger to people already living downwind” of nuclear power facilities. The Fire Grants and Safety Act—which now includes provisions from the Accelerating

By: Lauren Irwin; The Hill Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being “beholden” to extreme racists in Israel after the leader pressed the U.S. on withholding of weapons in the Israel-Hamas war. Sanders said “virtually everyone” recognizes Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks from Hamas, but criticized Netanyahu’s continued bombardment and killing of approximately 37,000 Palestinians, in a statement released

By: Sharon Zhang; Truthout Contraception is supposed to be fully covered under the Affordable Care Act, but insurers often deny coverage. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is calling on federal investigators to open a probe into insurance companies that are denying coverage for contraception despite a federal mandate that contraception be free of cost to patients. In a letter sent to the Government