cnn medical correspondent meg tirrell is joining us.d news for a lot of people. >> yes, it is, and the people for nor vo e nor dis, and the drugmakers say that there have been 1/4 of people have had to ration their insulin because of how expensive it is. in addition to the cap they have to pay out of pocket, but the drug companies starting today, they have dramatically reduced the price of the medication, by as much as 70%, and that is the price of the medication before the insurance kicked in. it is and that is going to change the way they reimbursement the customers. >> well, that is fine for the company, because they will be fine, but the people who use them, it could be life-changing. >> yes, it is because of the way that the drug companies work, and the companies have raised the price so much over time, and we have graph to show you from a congressional investigation here showing you how the list prices have gone up over the decades, and because about and it would if they don't reduce those list prices, so it is better for them to

let's bring in cnn medical correspondent meg tirrell who joins us. ow does the supreme court overturning roe, how has that affected demand? >> well, rahel, we know that medication abortion which is when pills are used in early pregnancy up until ten weeks to end pregnancy, that is the most common form of abortion in the united states accounting for more than half of abortions according to the cdc and other data providers. researchers looked at the impact of the overturning of roe v. wade through the dobbs decision on orders of this medication through advanced provision essentially just in case somebody might need it. they looked at data from a company called aid access and this is a group that's the telehealth provider of medication abortion and they found in the two months following the leak of the dobbs decision in may of 2022. you saw a real spike in this advanced provision ordering by ten times. it went from 25 average orders per day to almost 250 in those two months following. they saw it did come down after the actual decision was released and t

. >> meg tirrell, very important, and so many people are using these medications, thank you so much. >>> all right. 15 years ago, chesley sullenberger executed one of the most miraculous landings in u.s. history. when he landed flight 1549 in the middle of the hudson. this sunday, the whole story with anderson keeper looking at the harrowing details of when that pilot save sod mad so many, and the interviews with the crews and the passengers and how their lives have been changed forever. here is a preview. >> in the 208 seconds of the time that we had from the time the bird hit us to the time that we landed, i knew that i had to take at least a few seconds of that time to make an announcement in the cabin to tell the flight attendants and the passengers that we were going to make an emergency landing, and i said, this is the captain, brace for impact. i could hear the flight attendants in the front shouting commands to the passengers, brace, brace, heads down. >> i sent my husband steve a text message that said, my flight is crashing, period. as i typed it, my seat matt said, put tha

meg tirrell joins us now.nk people necessarily grasp the full second, third, fourth order affects of this post-roe v. wade world. what has it done in terms of demand near? >> yeah, absolutely. so we know that medication abortion is the most common form of abortion in the united states, accounting for more than half according to data from groups that follow this. these researchers looked at data from aid access, a telehealth provider of medication abortion by mail and they looked at these advanced provision orders. folks ordering this in case they need it. they have been providing this since september 2021 but looked at the impacts around the leak of the dobbs decision, that first spike you see there in may of 2023. they found daily orders for advanced provision medication abortion pills went up by tenfold from an average of 25 day before the leak of that decision to almost 250 orders a day after that. that started to come down a little bit after the actual decision came out, but then in april of 2023 when ther

meg tirrell has more.e about this report. >> reporter: this is adding to evidence that we've been seeing over the past few years and something that is kind of a mystery in medicine right now, why are we seeing rates increase among younger people, particularly for cancer like colorectal cancer, the incidence has been rising since the '90s and it's the leading cause of cancer death for men under the age of 50, the second for women. they say these kinds of trends they're also seeing in pancreatic and gastric cancer as well. there's a need to figure this out. they say it's unexplained but likely reflects changes in lifestyles that began with generations born starting around 1950. the american cancer society is giving projections for the number of diagnoses we should see of cancer this year of about 2 million, they're expecting about 611,000 deaths. they say over the past tree decades the mortality rate from cancer has come down by 33%, mostly because of reductions in smoking, earlier detection for some cancers

meg tirrell with us now. is this a significant change that will help kids? >> it sounds like it is a pretty significant change. meta has had a lot of protections, they say, in place for teen users, but a lot of pressure has been mounting on them recently. what they're doing is adding more protection. around search terms like self-harm and suicides and eating disorders they will hide more content, even among people that teens follow on these platforms. they're not going to show them if somebody posts about those things. they're automatically setting teens in the most restrictive content setting. it's when you sign up they put you in that setting. they're going to do it for all teens automatically and they will be sending notifications to prompt teens to update their privacy settings with a single tap. this comes amid this backdrop that started a couple years ago with the francis hogan facebook papers coming out which blew the whistle including on things like young girls self-image. that was one thing that was really focused on there. of course, in the middle

. >> thanks to meg tirrell for her report. >>> the spanish football star is scheduled to testify thist the machine who forcefully kissed her. fifa has banned rubiales for all football activities for three years and he has vowed to appeal. he says the kiss was mutual. and hermoso said it was not. and she said she received threatso over her stance. >>> after 52 years, europe's longest serving monarch is about to step down and one result will be the first australian-born queen, that story when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it has been more than 124 hours since a powerful earthquake hit japan's western coast and the prime minister says first responders are in a battle against time to rescue people who are trapped under rubble. at least 48 people have died and dozens are wounded according to officials. tens of thousands of homes still don't have power. the central city of wijima appeared to be among the worst hit. entire buildings collapsed after the 7.5 magnitude indicate. and nhk says a fire destroyed more than 100 shops and homes. all tsunami advisories are lifted but the threat aftersh

. >> our thanks to medical correspondent meg tirrell for that report. >>> now to the college football playoffs here in the united states. the michigan wolverines have booked their ticket to the championship game with a thrilling win over the alabama crimson tide. michigan scored just minutes into overtime, and the wolverines' defense kept alabama at bay. final score, michigan 27, alabama 20. they will face the washington huskies, who beat the texas longhorns 37-31. the college football championship game is set for monday, january 8th. >>> still to come, after 52 years, europe's longest-serving monarch is about to step down, and one result will be the first australian-born queen. that storyry when we c come bac. >>> the queen of denmark has announced a surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne. her son will take over as king about two weeks from now. max foster has more, including how the new king's wife will become the world's first australian-born queen. >> reporter: a new year, a new era for denmark and for one of the world's oldest monarchies. queen margrethe ii will end her