Hoping for a weight-loss pill? It could get 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
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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

• 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
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  Will weight-loss drugs help jobless get back into work?

  Top stories - BBC News - October 15

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

  Top stories - CBS News - October 19

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