Hoping for a weight-loss pill? It could be closer to reality next week.

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  Unemployed could get weight loss jabs to return to work

  Top stories - BBC News - October 15

• Weight loss drugs could help patients struggling with addiction, study says

  Top stories - CBS News - October 17

• Weight loss drugs could help with alcohol, opioid addiction, study says

  Top stories - CBS News - October 17
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  Weight-loss drugs could be key in lowering US obesity rates – experts

  World - The Guardian - October 18

• Boeing workers to vote next week on a new proposal that could end strike

  Top stories - CBS News - October 19
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  Some Said Tua Tagovailoa Should Quit Football. He Hopes to Return by Next Week.

  Sports - The New York Times - October 20
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  Could Weight-Loss Drugs Help Get People Back to Work? The U.K. Wants to Find Out.

  World - The New York Times - October 15

• Healthy Returns: Covering weight loss drugs could cost Medicare $35 billion through 2034

  Business - CNBC - October 15

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