B1 English News | Can This New Pill Help Pancreatic Cancer Patients Live Longer?

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.

In this episode: Medicare's $50 obesity drug program is growing fast, with CVS and Walgreens already filling around 100,000 prescriptions each. The episode explains who can get the lower price. Also: The FDA approves daraxonrasib, a daily pill for pancreatic cancer, after a trial found patients lived 13.2 months on average versus 6.6 months with chemotherapy. The episode.

Today’s English focus: be allowed to, to have permission or be permitted by rules = to have permission or be permitted by rules. Vocabulary: program (a planned set of actions or services), eligible (allowed to receive or join something), uptake (the amount of people who start using a service or product).

Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-27

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