More Bird Flu Spread; FDA to Allow Gay Men to Donate Sperm; ‘Oatzempic’ Trend

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The bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle continues to widen, infecting a herd in Ohio for the first time and additional herds in Kansas and New Mexico. (Reuters)

Its spread has the World Organisation for Animal Health and experts concerned about the risk to humans. (Reuters, STAT)

The FDA plans to drop restrictions that prevent gay and bisexual men from donating sperm, according to a Wall Street Journal report. (Daily Mail)

In other agency news, FDA issued more than 100 warning letters to retailers over the underage sale of ZYN nicotine patches.

And it approved idecabtagene vicleucel (Abecma) for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma after exposure to three classes of therapy and at least two prior lines of treatment, Bristol Myers Squibb announced.

Kristin Lyerly, MD, MPH, an ob/gyn who performs abortions, is running for a U.S. House seat in Wisconsin. (AP)

The expected increase in the global population could lead to a 77% rise in cancer cases by 2050. (CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians)

More than one in eight women giving birth reported being mistreated by care givers during childbirth, a cross-sectional study found. (JAMA Network Open)

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that would require public school students to watch a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group. (AP)

Meanwhile, a court in Tennessee is weighing an effort by doctors and women to keep officials from enforcing the state’s near-total ban on abortions in cases involving pregnancy complications. (Reuters)

While California’s public universities provide abortion pills, many leave their students unaware they are available. (NPR)

Treatments for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) are often futile — and can be pretty horrible. (KFF Health News)

A pair of identical twins are at opposite ends of the autism spectrum. Why? (NPR)

Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, the surgeon general during the Trump administration, is urging conservative states to back needle exchanges in order to reduce transmission of infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis C and save lives during the fentanyl epidemic. (Axios)

Access to corrective eyewear has a positive impact on income. (PLoS One)

The federal government should “expeditiously” house children who enter the country illegally rather than let them remain in open-air sites along the border, according to a federal district court judge. (New York Times)

Another weight-loss trend — “oatzempic” — is making the rounds on social media. (CBS News)

Suicide among NCAA athletes has doubled over the past two decades. (British Journal of Sports Medicine)

Can so-called flotation therapy ease anxiety and eating disorders? (Washington Post)

Antidepressant prescriptions for dogs are on the rise. (STAT)

U.K. doctors have reached pay terms with the government there, ending a year-long battle. (AP)

What countries have the best healthcare systems? (The Week)

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