Controversial Covid paper withdrawn; USPSTF’s Vitamin D Rec; The pain of medical abortion
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A discredited paper which endorsed the use Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 The epidemic was undone early. (USA Today)
Do you live in one of the dozen or so states that mandate the use of fluoridated water? Trump administration This state law cannot be overturnedBut federal standards for fluoride levels in water could be eliminated. (The Washington Post)
Meanwhile, the second Trump administration May target the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid To help pay lower taxes. (CBS News)
Should men aged 60 or older and postmenopausal women take vitamin D and calcium supplements for primary prevention of falls and fractures? No, US Preventive Services Task Force He said in the draft recommendation.
What is this mysterious disease sweeping through part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Severe form of malariaAccording to the authorities there. (Telegraph)
Police raided a woman’s home in Medina, Tennessee 300 vials of counterfeit GLP-1 drugs found. (NBC News)
The Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to Many companies are online Selling unapproved copies of diabetes medications and weight loss medications. (Reuters via America Online)
People come to the doctor to get weight loss medications. Other conditions are diagnosed along the way. (Reuters via quartz)
Two New York men died After they used bat poop to grow cannabis, they released a dangerous fungus, causing the men to contract histoplasmosis. (the people)
Delaware reported A Possible case of bird fluAlthough the CDC has not been able to confirm the case. (Banu News)
Medical abortion is Often more painful More than women think, a UK survey found. (BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health)
Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson He was indicted by a New York grand jury He was charged with murder as a terrorist act and charged with first-degree murder. (CNN)
Erosion of trust in the health system – as evidenced by the frustration expressed in the wake of Thompson’s murder – It can make people less likely to seek caresaid former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH. (POLITICO Magazine)
Her husband has multiple sclerosis. She adapts to Compete in extreme fitness events. (BBC news)
Robert F. kennedy jr Now he agrees with Trump Abortion should be left to the states, according to Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who had a discussion with Kennedy about the issue. (The hill)
Meanwhile, a lawyer helping Kennedy fill positions at the Department of Health and Human Services denied that he was Seeking to withdraw the polio vaccine from the marketSaying that only one of the many licensed vaccines has been targeted. (The hill)
Cases of whooping cough are on the rise, however The public knows little About illness. (Annenberg Center for Public Policy)
Obstetric residency requests in Tennessee — a state with a strict abortion ban and no obstetric services in about half of the state’s rural hospitals — decreased by 21% In the academic year 2023-2024. (nashville banner)