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Ruth Westheimer, PhD, the beloved sex therapist better known as Dr. Ruth, died at age 96. (AP)
The suspected gunmen in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally had no history of mental illness, the FBI said. (New York Times, Time)
One rally-goer was “killed instantly” after being shot in the head, a physician in attendance told People. Another doctor at the rally described offering aid to a shooting victim; two survivors who had been critically injured are now in stable condition, police said. (CBS News)
Global childhood immunization coverage post-pandemic has stalled, according to a WHO and UNICEF report.
Why do newborns of color score lower on the widely used Apgar test? (New York Times)
Compounded semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) is easy to obtain via telehealth, even for people who don’t need it. (Wired)
How cord blood banks mislead parents. (New York Times)
Bengt I. Samuelsson, MD, PhD, who received a Nobel prize for his medical research on prostaglandins, died at age 90; he had cardiac disease. (Washington Post)
Actress Shannen Doherty of “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed” died of advanced breast cancer at 53. (People)
And fitness guru Richard Simmons died at age 76 of natural causes, according to a representative. (ABC News)
Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a bill aimed at reining in pharmacy benefit managers. (WESA)
Experts say the bird flu virus infecting dairy herds and some farmworkers is just “a single mutation” away from becoming a human pandemic: Here’s how countries are preparing. (Nature)
A man attempted to shoot a hospital worker in Kansas City, Missouri, but was restrained by a security guard. (KSHB)
An Arizona county reported three cases of rodent-spread hantavirus, two of which were fatal.
Patients returning to the doctor’s office post-COVID means higher physician pay, according to an AMGA report.
A New Zealand microbiologist who faced abuse while providing public commentary on COVID won a case against her employer for failing to protect her. (Nature)
Gender and sex operate in different networks of the brain, an imaging study in children revealed. (Science Advances)
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, France’s sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra plunged into the Seine to allay concerns over water quality for swimming events. (AP)
A mountain lion wandered onto the grounds of an Arizona hospital and got stuck before being removed safely. (USA Today)
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