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

Learn English B1+ | Intermediate News, Daily · Aug 27, 2026 · 9m

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…