80% With Diabetes Eligible for New Drugs, but Cost Is a Barrier

March 6, 2023 — More than 80% of U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes meet the criteria to use new treatment drugs, such as semaglutide, which is marketed as Ozempic, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. However, only about 1 in 10 of those who meet the criteria used the …

Doja Cat’s ‘Vegas’ Is Not Eligible For An 2023 Oscars Nomination And An Academy Awards Rule Seems To Indicate Why

Getty Image Doja Cat cracked the top 10 of Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart and hit No. 3 on the Radio Songs chart with “Vegas,” her contribution to the Elvis soundtrack, but the song unfortunately will not earn her an Oscar, according to Variety. “The lead single from the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s Presley biopic, it …

Taylor Swift Has One On The Top 2022 ‘Billboard’ Albums Despite Barely Being Eligible For The List

Getty Image Midnights by Taylor Swift came out later in the year. The album was surprise-announced during the MTV VMAs at the end of August, and it arrived October 21, just in time for the 10-year anniversary of her fourth studio album Red. However, this lateness has not affected the end-of-the-year chart statistics. According to …

‘Weird Al’ Is ‘Begging’ For ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ To Be Released In Theaters So It Can Be Eligible For An Oscar

roku channel The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bylaws state that for a movie to be eligible for an Oscar, it must play in a “commercial motion picture theater” in one of six major cities. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is unfortunately is not Oscar-qualified, as it’s going straight to The Roku Channel, …

Disney’s Big New ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series Won’t Be Eligible For The Emmys In 2022 Due To A Technicality

Lucasfilm Obi-Wan Kenobi is already in a dire position at the start of his new Disney+ series, and now, he’s up against an even more unstoppable villain than Darth Vader: The Emmys. According to a new report, Obi-Wan Kenobi will not be eligible for the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards thanks to the series premiering just …

Report: Kyrie Irving Will Be Eligible For Home Games Starting On Sunday

Getty Image The Brooklyn Nets have been operating as two different teams this season, one with Kyrie Irving, who has played 19 road games this season, and one without, as the star guard has refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine and has been ineligible to play home games (and was held out of the start …

EA Is Removing Russia And Belarus As ‘Eligible Countries’ In Its Esports Programs

Getty Image EA has made it clear that it is against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Not only has it said so through public statements, but the company has also chosen to remove itself from Russia in multiple ways. One of the ways it did so previously was by removing Russian and Belarus teams from its …

Kanye West’s New Album ‘Donda 2’ Is Not Eligible For ‘Billboard’ Charts

Getty Image Kanye West’s past nine solo studio albums (all of them except The College Dropout) have topped the Billboard 200 chart. He released his latest LP, Donda 2, last month, and unless something changes, it will break Ye’s No. 1 streak. Not only that, but it’s currently not allowed to appear on the chart …

Who Is Eligible For Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction?

Getty Image Every year, the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame (Rock Hall, for short) inducts artists with distinguished careers that have stood the test of time. Being enshrined into the Rock Hall is an honor bestowed upon artists who have demonstrated a body of work across many decades that once in the Rock Hall, …

30 million eligible households haven’t signed up for the FCC’s broadband discount program

While the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadband discount program has attracted more than 7 million enrollees, a new report shows that millions of people who are eligible are not signing up for the program. Earlier this year, the FCC launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), which offers eligible people a monthly discount on their internet …

Netflix’s Record-Shattering Series ‘Squid Game’ Will Be Eligible For A Primetime Emmy

NETFLIX It’s not every day you see a show go from being rejected for for ten years to breaking records as the most popular streaming service’s most popular program ever, but then again, not every show is the critically-acclaimed phenomenon that is Squid Game. Since it’s release on September 17, the brutal Korean drama has …