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In a promising piece of scientific news, researchers used artificial intelligence to predict a new antibiotic that could fight a drug-resistant bacteria found in medical settings. Media outlets also report on Neuralink, IVG, Parkinson's, 5G, heart health, and more.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert about poppers, which are being accidentally drunk. Separately, USA Today examines the over-the-counter herbal Kratom phenomenon, looking at the drug's side effects and withdrawal. Also: ticks, the oral polio vaccine, mammograms, and more.
A new report suggests that plans by drugmakers to sue Medicare over its efforts to negotiate prescription drug prices may fail in some cases, with parts of the law likely to prove resistant to challenges. Meanwhile, The Hill examines concerns millions are losing Medicaid coverage.
As a survey shows that the majority of Americans view the pandemic as over, CDC data reinforces that the threat is waning with covid hospitalizations and deaths continuing to decline.
South Carolina's restrictive abortion ban is on hold until the state's Supreme Court reviews the new measure. Other abortion news is reported from Indiana, Ohio, California, Alabama, and Texas.
Although the mpox health emergency is over, public health officials are asking the public to remain vigilant and to get vaccinated as Pride celebrations and the summer travel season are on the horizon.
Health measures included in the proposed debt ceiling package, agreed to in principle by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the weekend, also include work requirements for some SNAP recipients and preserve spending on veteran health care. Now both sides are working to secure enough votes to pass the deal.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the measure Wednesday. Among other news, OSHA cited Nationwide Children's Hospital for failing to protect staff from assaults after an investigation in Columbus, Ohio; Minnesota passes a paid-leave law; and more.
Stat reports on medical experts' opposition to some gender-affirming care bans that include forced halts for young trans people already undergoing treatment. And in Texas, a leading trans care doctor is leaving the state ahead of a ban on minors receiving gender-affirming care.
The vaccine is one long-used against measles and rubella, NPR explains, but the delivery method is novel and could be useful for low-income countries. Meanwhile, the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility was opened in Manhattan, Kansas. The brain implant Neuralink is also in the news.
Axios reports on a new study that may give hints as to why colorectal cancer rates are increasing in people under 45. Meanwhile, a second death is reported related to an outbreak of fungal meningitis in a clinic in Mexico, and worries rise of a summer mpox resurgence.
Dr. Caitlin Bernard was punished as Indiana's medical board decided, by majority, she had somewhat broken privacy laws when speaking publicly about the controversial abortion case. But it resisted a push to find her unfit to practice. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, a six-week abortion ban was signed.
Players in the debt ceiling negotiations characterize progress differently, but either way, the House adjourned for its scheduled holiday recess despite the narrow window to avoid default.
Pfizer's covid treatment Paxlovid has been used for the past year under FDA emergency use authorization. The Biden administration also announced Thursday that it will continue to provide the drug for free through its stockpile.
A new study is helping to standardize the definition of long covid, with an aim toward better treating patients. It found that 10% of people infected by the omicron variant developed long covid. And of the 200 symptoms associated with the condition, the most distinctive to long covid include fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, GI issues, heart palpitations, and 7 others.
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