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The surrogate, McKenna West, traveled from Alaska to Texas in an attempt to gain custody of the medically fragile baby. Also: Nearly half of U.S. hospitals have closed maternity wards; a large donation aims to make childbirth safer; and more.
Among the bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday were two specifically focused on combating the teenage mental health crisis. One requires social media companies to either stop offering “addictive” tools to users younger than 16 or bar them from the platforms entirely. The other requires built-in mental health resources and imposes time limits for minors using AI chatbots.
The platinum-based chemotherapies in question can improve the prognosis for the most commonly diagnosed childhood cancer (a rare cancer of the liver) from a five-year survival rate of 20% to more than 80%. Unfortunately the drugs can cause DNA mutations in healthy cells, potentially raising the risk of new cancers later in life, Stat reported.
Judge Nicole Berner of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled there's no legal precedent to hold people in ICE detention without bond. “Mass detention of marginalized individuals without due process harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history,” the judge wrote.
The company said it can't be certain bad actors were using its models for nefarious reasons, but noted 35 “distinct research efforts” with potentially concerning activity, CNN reported. The company, which touts the benefits of AI in scientific research, said newer models have “stronger safeguards that restrict access to a wide range of dual-use biological research queries.”
More than 11,000 people across 20 states were sickened by the shredded lettuce sourced from central Mexico. Nearly 500 people required hospital treatment; two people from Michigan died. Other cyclosporiasis outbreaks are ongoing. Plus, health officials report new salmonella and Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks.
A seventh bell-ringing and moment of silence during today's ceremony at Ground Zero will honor the first responders and other survivors of the initial attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, who have since died of sickness connected to their exposure to toxic debris. The bell will ring at approximately 12:30 p.m., CNN reported. The attacks 25 years ago killed 2,977 people; since then, the families of more than 9,000 people who died after 9/11 have filed claims for compensation, U.S News & World Report said.
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According to a study published Tuesday, of the 8 million people who died in 2023 of smoking-related illnesses, almost 1.7 million were from secondhand exposure. The study stressed that there is no safe level of smoke inhalation, and that tobacco is a leading cause of disease globally.
New York City's fire unions call the lack of transparency over the health threats posed by the air quality a shocking betrayal, 6ABC Philadelphia reported. On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 firefighters died. Since then, 453 FDNY members have died from World Trade Center-related illnesses, and more than 12,000 others have been diagnosed with at least one illness linked to their exposure at Ground Zero.
MPR News reported that Dr. Ishan Patel and his wife, Dr. Akanksha Patel, were on a pilgrimage after he graduated from a fellowship with the University of Minnesota’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Also: striking doctors in Minnesota, hospital executives' pay, fake doctor reviews, and more.
The researcher, Jacob Coxon, quit his job Tuesday at Anthropic and accused the company — as well as its chief rival, OpenAI, where he previously worked — of acting irresponsibly with human life. Artificial intelligence "could kill us all by the end of the decade," he warned in a social media post.
The report from the HHS Office of Inspector General found that some organs were used in transplants that were not covered by Medicare and still others were not transplanted at all, MedPage Today reported. Also: Medicare Advantage plans may be headed for benefit cuts in 2027, Axios reported.
The organizational change, planned under the Biden administration, will combine the agency's flu and covid divisions to streamline respiratory viral disease surveillance and support to state and local entities. Plus, the latest election news, including President Donald Trump's pledge to send $500 rebate checks to some people enrolled in Obamacare.
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Camizestrant's approval as a first-line treatment goes against recommendations from the agency's outside experts. Also in the news, new immunotherapy results for some cancers; AI-generated drugs for lung disease; and more.
In 2017, the suicide rate of 10- to 14-year-old boys was twice that of girls, but by 2024, it was only 4% higher, new research has found, marking the "first time this has happened in the available records," MedPage Today reported. Also: a look at the impact that early treatment has on psychosis recovery.
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