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 catching on fast, with CVS and Walgreens filling about 100,000 prescriptions each. Also: The US drug agency approves daraxonrasib, a daily pill that nearly doubled survival for pancreatic cancer patients in a trial. Today’s English focus: is clearly being used, is clearly in use = to be clearly in use. Vocabulary: Prescription (a doctor's medicine order), Eligible (allowed to take part because you meet the rules), Uptake (the amount of use something gets, especially at the start). 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