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Houston hospitals are backed up days after Hurricane Beryl left millions without power; Texas officials have moved patients to a temporary field hospital in a Houston sports complex. (New York Times)
Only 25% of patients prescribed semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for weight loss were still on it 2 years later. (Reuters)
More Salmonella cases were linked to raw milk from a California farm. (AP)
Elon Musk said his company Neuralink hopes to implant a brain chip into a second human patient within “the next week or so.” (CNBC)
Nurses at Rady Children’s Hospital in California voted to authorize a strike. (NBC San Diego)
A nurse at Indiana State Prison was accused of trying to smuggle cocaine and marijuana in frozen lasagna. (WSBT22)
The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue UnitedHealth, Cigna, and CVS Health over insulin prices. (Politico)
Prior exposure to other forms of the flu may offer some protection if a bird flu pandemic spreads among humans. (Nature)
Nearly 200 New York and New Jersey residents have been infected with dengue so far this year, CDC data indicated. (ABC News)
Supporters of Arizona’s abortion access ballot measure sued Republican lawmakers for using the phrase “unborn human” in a pamphlet to be distributed to voters. (AZ Mirror)
The former CEO of a healthcare software company was found guilty of fraud for misleading investors about procurement of COVID-19 rapid test kits in early pandemic days. (Department of Justice)
Here’s how to protect yourself against extreme heat, according to emergency room doctors. (New York Times)
The FDA declined to approve Novo Nordisk’s once-weekly insulin for diabetes after a negative advisory committee review.
Doctors are turning to AI to fight insurers who deny treatment. (New York Times)
Researchers may have uncovered a root cause of lupus. (Nature)
The former head of emergency medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center allegedly embezzled more than $1.44 million. (New York Daily News)
The FDA alerted to a shortage of Becton Dickinson’ blood test tubes used in diagnosing bacterial and fungal infections.
Baxter International issued an urgent medical device recall of its Life2000 ventilators with an attached battery charger dongle.
Pfizer said it’s developing a once-daily GLP-1 weight loss pill.
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