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The Department of Defense is performing radiation experiments on ferrets and monkeys even though the intelligence community recently rejected that theory behind the illness, Politico reports. Also in the news: Mitch McConnell, Patricia Schroeder, and Marilyn Goldwater.
Pharmacy giant Rite Aid is charged with filling thousands of unlawful prescriptions of drugs like oxycodone and fentanyl, as well as "trinities" — a combination of an opioid, benzodiazepine, and muscle relaxant — while ignoring or deleting data on suspicious prescribers.
In what Stat describes as an "unexpected move," the Veterans Health Administration has decided to "widely" cover the experimental Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi, a drug that CMS has so far declined to cover. Separately, there's a focus on how diet can impact cognitive health.
AP reports that the order will aim to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote better and more secure firearms storage, and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a gun control law enacted last summer. President Joe Biden will speak from Monterey Park, California, where a gunman killed 11 people at a dance studio in January.
So far, 21 Republicans have co-sponsored the legislation, which would redefine “person” under state law to include a fertilized egg, giving it equal protection under the state’s homicide laws. Meanwhile in Ohio, abortion rights supporters are collecting voter signatures ahead of a November ballot push.
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee from Texas, had initially tried to keep the proceedings secret until the last minute because of security fears. If Kacsmaryk rules that the FDA must rescind its approval of mifepristone, patients seeking to end a pregnancy would still would be able to use misoprostol alone.
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Cerebral, a startup, said it shared data of more than 3.1 million patients with advertisers, Facebook, Google, and TikTok. In other news, UnitedHealth beneficiaries revive a case about the company denying mental health claims as not medically necessary based on internal coverage guidelines aimed at keeping down costs, rather than on generally accepted standards of care.
The bill would prohibit those younger than 18 from being prescribed hormone therapy and also includes a ban on gender-affirming surgery for minors, AP reported. It's unclear whether Republican Gov. Jim Justice will sign the legislation.
The FDA also approved the first treatment for Rett syndrome. Also, shorter doctor visits lead to inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank sent many health care technology startups scrambling. It did business with about half of the nation's tech and biotech companies, says Stat.
How has life changed? Media outlets take a look at our past and possible future. Also, other news on covid vaccines, long covid, and continued threats to public health officials.
On a unanimous vote, the House of Representatives sent a bill to President Joe Biden's desk seeking more information on a potential lab leak in China. Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization said discovering the origins are a "moral imperative."
Adding expensive obesity drugs to the list of covered drugs could add tens of billions of dollars to the cost of Medicare and would likely lead to a rise in premiums, researchers say.
The Texas judge presiding over the case sought to keep the hearing from being publicized, fearing disruptions. Other news on Florida's proposed abortion ban, Maryland's effort to protect the right to an abortion, and other legal cases.
The findings, published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggested that active monitoring was a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation. The authors pointed out that “more aggressive therapy can result in more harm than good."
The cause remains unclear, but the study's authors noted that the pandemic exacerbated overcrowded housing, potentially leading to less-safe sleeping practices, such as bed sharing.
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