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In a first that opens the doors for future approvals of such drugs, the Food and Drug Administration approved Ferring Pharmaceutical's therapy that uses bacteria from stool samples to treat a bowel disorder.
The FDA is drafting plans to update its current guidelines in order to allow blood donations from gay or bisexual men in monogamous relationships without donors having to remain abstinent for three months.
The FDA says Eli Lilly's bebtelovimab is no longer authorized for emergency use because it is ineffective against the current omicron strains. The news means there are no longer any authorized antibody treatments. Former President Donald Trump received monoclonal antibodies in 2020, later calling the treatment a “miracle.” In other presidential news, former President Bill Clinton has covid.
The state's attorney general asked Indiana's medical board to discipline Dr. Caitlin Bernard — a doctor who treated a 10 year-old rape victim from Ohio who was unable to get an abortion there due to a ban. Bernard's lawyer called the move a “a last-ditch effort to intimidate Dr. Bernard and other providers of abortion care.” Separate news says Ohio isn't likely to ban abortion from conception.
A report in Roll Call says that older adults can face difficulties when seeking care for substance abuse under Medicare. Meanwhile, in Ohio, the House passed a bill to decriminalize fentanyl test strips in an effort to tackle the overdose crisis.
The lawsuit alleges that Yale has unequally treated or failed to accommodate students with mental health disabilities for "decades." Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly facing a backlash over a move to involuntarily hospitalize more mentally ill New Yorkers.
The Washington Post says expansion of wastewater testing for polio comes amid pressure to increase efforts to fight the disease after a surprising case was found in July in New York. Meanwhile, a measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, has expanded to 46 cases — nearly doubling over the past two weeks.
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A separate report found that from 2019-20, alcohol abuse among seniors increased more than 18%.
Gun death rates have been steadily on the rise every year since 2005, a new study finds, with a 20% spike from 2019 to 2020.
An earlier ruling blocked a 2016 law requiring providers bury or cremate fetal remains, including from abortions, but a federal appeals court has now overturned that. Meanwhile, in North Dakota, a state attorney has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down a block of an abortion ban.
The money is aimed at strengthening the public health work force and infrastructure after the stresses of the pandemic, Reuters reports. In other news, a study found that covid screenings at hospital entries weren't very helpful despite the considerable cost.
Research reported in CIDRAP may suggest that younger people had lower vaccination rates and were worse at sticking with covid rules than older adults in the U.S. In other news, toxic chemicals in the blood may be linked to myocarditis risks after covid vaccines.
In other news, the CEO of North Star Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, has stepped down; a large nursing home in Concord, California, has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle claims over abuse and neglect of patients; a new medical facility will open in Ohio on Dec. 6; and more.
A new study involving around 173,000 U.S. people shows eating plant-based foods could cut the risk of bowel cancer by up to 22%, for men only. In other news, the world's first early screening test for pancreatic cancer could come to the U.S. by 2023.
Mayor Eric Adams said it was a "moral obligation" to care for people. Separately, AP reports "Big Tobacco" is attempting to block California's flavored tobacco ban.
Elon Musk's Twitter has stopped all efforts to monitor and catch disinformation about covid or vaccines posted on its social media platform, according to an update of its policies.
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