{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/6a8ff6d0456ea7a6009f2303?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 English News | Can This New Pill Help Pancreatic Cancer Patients Live Longer?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/1ab7e9c6-da57-499c-a917-63e54cf2c37a.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: Medicare&#x27;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.</p>\n\n<p>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).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-27\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-27</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}