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This week, the Springfield Planned Parenthood location again began offering medication abortion after courts ruled several of the state's abortion regulations were unconstitutional. Also in the news: Weill Cornell Medicine has reached a voluntary compliance agreement with the federal government.
Centanafadine is a once-daily, extended-release capsule and the first and only norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin reuptake inhibitor (NDSRI) approved for the treatment of ADHD, said Otsuka, which developed the drug and will market it under the name Simtriyo. Also in the news: oral antibiotics for kids with pneumonia; AI to help with gene editing; and more.
The AP reported on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which showed hopeful trends related to adolescents' substance use, depressive episodes, suicidal thoughts, and more. Also: protections for neurodivergent kids, the impact of cellphones on kids' reading comprehension, how financial stress can damage the brain, and more.
Former NIH scientist Anthony Fauci wrote about President Donald Trump's insistence to put a positive spin on the coronavirus outbreak that began in 2020 and his own challenges in handling the public health crisis. He is set to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is expected to grill him about the origins of the outbreak.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) has requested documents from Taylor Farms, the White House, the FDA, and the CDC that could shed light on reports that company executives and government officials sought "to distance the company from the outbreak and cast doubt on the officials’ conclusion," The Hill reported.
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And the death toll is likely higher, experts told The Washington Post, because of the United States’ slow and sometimes haphazard approach to assessing deaths from extreme temperatures.
Politico reports that Students for Life of America spent two years analyzing water samples in different American cities. They have released a report that purports to show “significant levels of mifepristone” in the waterways of Austin, Texas; Blacksburg, Virginia; and Carbondale, Illinois. Several environmental experts told Politico that there are flaws in the study’s methodology and its conclusions are “misleading."
Last week, OpenAI released Health in ChatGPT, allowing users to upload their medical records and connect them to Apple Health.
Demand for food-is-medicine programs is rising as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, prepares for an estimated $186 billion in federal funding cuts over the next decade, Modern Healthcare reports. Other news on healthcare costs is on a rise in those who are uninsured, the 340B program, and more.
The FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee approved the peptides epitalon and semax for compounding, but not everyone thinks it's a good idea. Experts say this move might lead people to think the FDA has thoroughly evaluated these compounds, NBC News reported, when it has not. “At stake is literally the future of the FDA drug approval process,” one doctor said.
A little more than halfway through the year, the United States has already confirmed more cases — 2,318 — than it had in 2025. Public health experts say a full-throated vaccination push at the national level would stem the tide in cases but acknowledge that seems unlikely under the current administration. Plus, the latest on rising cyclosporiasis cases.
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Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on epidemics, fat phobia, bathroom bans, and more.
A Texas appeals court overturned an injunction closing a Houston midwife's clinics after finding that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office used an anonymous email as the only evidence, The Texas Tribune reported.
Health and Human Services has eliminated reporting requirements for the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines and moved away from having a "federal official responsible for ACCV oversight." The National Vaccine Advisory Committee has been directed to consider "non-immunization strategies." The changes indicate the White House isn't "putting the brakes on Sec. Kennedy's mission to undermine immunization," one former NVAC panelist said.
“I’m confident that she knows what she is doing and will stand against those who do not,” Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said of Erica Schwartz. With Cassidy’s nod, The New York Times reported, it appears likely that the health committee will approve Schwartz’s nomination, teeing up a vote in the full Senate.
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, found that many first-line treatments became ineffective over the past two decades. “There’s really no area of the world that isn’t seeing an increase” in resistance, one researcher said.
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