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House Republicans are opening an investigation and asking for a closed-door interview with President Biden’s physician Kevin O’Connor, DO, in the wake of Biden’s debate performance. (Politico)
Meanwhile, an expert in Parkinson’s disease has been at the White House eight times since August 2023, according to visitor logs. (The Guardian)
An unrelenting heat wave broke previous records and led to the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley; the East Coast is also trapped in its hold. (AP)
COVID cases are rising in Florida’s emergency departments, with rates nearing the the peak of this past winter’s wave. (CBS News)
Lawmakers in Delaware passed a bill legalizing the sale of raw milk; the bill awaits the governor’s signature. (STAT)
Former Social Security Administration Inspector General Gail Ennis misused her authority by hampering an investigation into her management of an anti-fraud program, a federal committee said. (Washington Post)
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tested positive for COVID-19, on Saturday. (The Hill)
Nine confirmed cases of West Nile Virus have been documented so far this year, and disease experts suggest that count is unusual for this point in the summer. (NBC News)
These five adults had the measles and survived; here are their stories. (Washington Post)
The FDA ordered a medical center in Florida to halt all mammograms after the agency found they weren’t meeting federal standards. (NBC 6 South Florida)
Nurse practitioners in Texas are lobbying to practice independently, but the Texas Medical Association is fighting back. (Fort Worth Report)
Medicare launched GUIDE, an 8-year pilot project in which the government will pay to support caregivers of people with dementia and connect each family to a care coordinator. (NPR)
An advocacy group in Arkansas garnered enough signatures for a ballot measure to protect abortion access up to 18 weeks. (The Hill)
A Connecticut federal judge rejected a lawsuit brought by Boehringer Ingelheim claiming Medicare’s drug price negotiation program is unconstitutional. (Pharmaphorum)
Why is it hard to imagine the British nurse Lucy Letby was a serial killer? (The Guardian)
Some doctors aren’t talking about death with young adults who have cancer. (The Atlantic)
The FDA approved faricimab (Vabysmo) to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and macular edema following retinal vein occlusion, Roche said.
Former Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) said she has breast cancer and had a successful lumpectomy last week. (The Hill)
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