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Rock band Aerosmith announced its retirement, saying that a full recovery of singer Steven Tyler’s vocal injury does not appear possible. (People)
Belgium withdrew from the mixed relay triathlon at the Paris Olympics after a team member who swam in the Seine fell ill. (AP via ABC News)
Humana, the second-largest Medicare Advantage insurer nationally, expects to lose more than 200,000 beneficiaries next year as it reduces benefits and exits certain markets. (Newsweek)
The blood culture bottle shortage is expected to last through September. (STAT)
All doses of weight-loss and diabetes drug tirzepatide (Zepbound, Mounjaro) are now available, according to the FDA’s shortage list. (Reuters)
Meanwhile, a study found that 42% of online pharmacies selling semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) operate illegally, leaving patients vulnerable to unregulated risky products. (JAMA Network Open)
Inspire Medical Systems said the FDA approved its next-generation neurostimulator for obstructive sleep apnea — the Inspire V therapy system.
Owner Elon Musk said Neuralink has implanted a second patient with its device that aims to enable paralyzed people to use digital tools with their thoughts alone. (Reuters)
Since it was approved last December, Vertex Pharmaceuticals said that about 20 patients have started on exagamglogene autotemcel (Casgevy), the company’s gene therapy for sickle cell disease. (Endpoints News)
A federal judge ruled that Florida’s transgender healthcare ban is discriminatory against state employees. (AP)
With an executive order from Gov. Mike Parson (R), Missouri has banned the sale of delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other unregulated hemp-derived cannabidiol intoxicants. (AP)
A North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee who previously favored a 6-week abortion ban launched a commercial last week acknowledging his wife’s abortion decades earlier. (AP)
Citing the Texas abortion laws, New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham (D) placed ads in major newspapers inviting clinicians in north Texas to move to her state. (WFAA)
Meanwhile, access to cheap birth control is becoming more difficult in abortion ban states. (NBC News)
Many of the healthcare workers in Gaza have either been detained or killed. (New York Times)
FDA announced a recall of Lunds & Byerlys fresh guacamole due to potential listeria contamination.
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