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Richard Slayman, the first patient ever to receive a gene-edited pig kidney, died about 2 months after the procedure; the hospital said there’s no indication the death was due to the transplant. (AP)
In 2022, hospitals charged private insurers 254% more than what Medicare would have paid for the same services, according to a RAND report.
The former owner of a compounding pharmacy that produced mold-contaminated drugs that led to a deadly meningitis outbreak was sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Reuters)
The Scottish government reported a case of mad cow disease, the first case in Britain in over 2 years. (Reuters)
How a CPR instructor saved a top Pentagon general’s life following a cardiac arrest on the streets of Washington, D.C. (Washington Post)
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vetoed a bill that aimed to extend child support to fetuses. (AP)
In California, lawmakers are considering a bill to decriminalize psilocybin and other psychedelics for treating mental health conditions. (KFF Health News)
A tribe in Maine invested some of its opioid settlement money in a sweat lodge to help people struggling with addiction. (NPR)
While absolute numbers remain very low, colon cancer rates in teens have tripled over the last two decades. (Fortune)
Premature menopause was linked with early mortality in research presented at the annual European Congress of Endocrinology. (Newsweek)
Afraid of flying? Here are a few tricks to set your mind at ease. (Time)
A global phase III trial of the antiviral ensitrelvir for COVID outpatients did not meet its primary endpoint, said drugmaker Shionogi.
Meanwhile, Excision BioTherapeutics said its attempt to stop HIV with CRISPR gene-editing failed in a phase I study.
Hospital executives are urging more patients to receive care at home; Congress has their back. (Politico)
The FDA announced a Class I recall of catheters made by Route 92 Medical due to incidents of distal tip separation that have been linked with two injuries and one death.
Ethicon’s Megadyne pulled its pediatric electrosurgery pad from the market following a recall tied to patient burns. (Fierce Biotech)
After 7 months of war in Gaza, experienced conflict zone medical volunteers say the health crisis there is the worst they’ve witnessed. (NPR)
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