Hawai'i Fires, Rising Inflation, Wegovy Clinical Trial

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

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Deadly wildfires tear across two islands in Hawai'i. The latest inflation report is expected to show rising prices. Clinical trials suggest weight loss drug Wegovy reduces heart attack risks.

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0:00.0	Hawaii's lieutenant governor says wildfires have now killed at least 36 people and forced
0:07.4	thousands to flee.
0:08.6	The fire spread so rapidly, some people tried to evade them by leaping into the Pacific
0:13.6	Ocean.
0:14.6	I'm Sarah McCammon with Steve Innskipe, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	The Labor Department releases new inflation numbers today, analysts expect to see inflation
0:25.8	trending in the wrong direction for the first time in a year.
0:29.2	But what's driving that increase?
0:30.9	And the pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk is promoting a popular weight loss medication.
0:35.8	Wigovy is said to help with heart disease too, but it's very expensive, so the company
0:40.1	is lobbying Congress to get it covered by Medicare.
0:43.0	Why are weight loss drugs currently banned from federal insurance?
0:47.3	Stay with us.
0:48.3	We've got the news you need to start your day.
0:58.3	Authorities in Hawaii have reported a higher death toll from wildfires.
1:02.5	The lieutenant governor says at least 36 people are dead from the fast-moving fires on Maui.
1:08.2	The town of Lahaina is mostly destroyed and fires continue burning.
1:12.2	Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman comes to us from Honolulu, hey there Bill.
1:16.6	Aloha Steve.
1:17.6	Thank you.
1:18.6	What do people there think about when they think of the town of Lahaina?
1:22.6	You know, Lahaina is a beautiful spot on the west side of Maui Island.
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