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SOLSTICE
Coverage of SOLSTICE in the Nexus archive.
- Seattle solstice kicks off summer with warm high note, peak daylight
Seattle experienced its longest day of the year with 15 hours and 59 minutes of sunlight during the solstice, marking the start of summer. Daylight will now gradually decrease each day.
- STAT+: AstraZeneca’s GLP-1 pill shows promise in obesity, diabetes trials
AstraZeneca's investigational GLP-1 pill, elecoglipron, demonstrated significant weight loss in a Phase 2 obesity trial (11.2% after 36 weeks) and improved blood sugar control in a diabetes trial (1.74 percentage-point A1C reduction). Results were compared to oral Ozempic, which showed a smaller A1C decrease in the same study.