 Americans pay a lot for weight loss drugs like Ozempic. In fact, they pay up to seven and a half times more compared to people in other countries. The approximate yearly out-of-pocket costs in the U.S. is over $15,000. In Switzerland, it's just over $2,000. An inquiry into the U.K. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic found the country was ill-prepared for the crisis. The pandemic has been blamed for more than 235,000 deaths in the U.K., one of the highest death tolls in the world.