Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: What to know about Amgen’s weight loss drug

John Williams

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about the hot weather and what you need to know to protect yourself, the new ‘razor blade throat’ COVID variant that has been going around, a monthly weight loss drug from Amgen that helped people lose about 20% of their body weight, and the FDA approving a new HIV-prevention medication.

https://serve.castfire.com/s:northwestern_medicine_KEiLn/audio/7488845/6-24-25_Dr_Kopin_heat_safety_new_COVID_variant_weight_loss_drug_Amgen_HIV_prevention_medication_2025-06-24-191445.128.mp3

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