New CDC Alert; Trump Disses Abortion Judgment; $10 Billion Long COVID ‘Moonshot’

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CDC will send a mass alert about counterfeit Botox injections that have already hospitalized at least four people. (NBC News)

Former President Trump said Arizona had gone too far after the state Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law making performing abortion a felony. (The Hill)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced some increased payments for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals for fiscal year 2025.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.) announced a $10 billion long COVID moonshot proposal, calling for mandatory funding over the next decade to establish a new long COVID research program at NIH. (STAT)

Palestinian crews are sifting through the rubble of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital in search of human remains. (NBC News)

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was accused by the Justice Department of inflating the price for its expensive macular degeneration drug aflibercept (Eylea), namely price concessions to offset credit-card processing fees. (Reuters)

Intravascular microaxial left ventricular assist device (LVAD) manufacturer payments to cardiologists were associated with increased use of these LVADs by cardiologists who perform percutaneous coronary intervention, despite lacking evidence for their safety or effectiveness. (JAMA)

Labcorp said the FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for its mpox PCR home test.

Kansas lawmakers are proposing to make abortion “coercion” a crime. (AP)

Black healthcare workers were more likely to have delayed COVID testing after symptom onset compared with non-Hispanic white peers (JAMA Network Open)

A man died after driving a pickup truck into the TaraVista Behavioral Health Center in central Massachusetts. (CBS News)

The evidence for apple cider vinegar’s health benefits was reviewed, along with tips for consuming it safely. (New York Times)

One woman discovered her stage 4 follicular lymphoma after months of what she assumed were symptoms of menopause. (People)

In a hospital in Northern Ireland, a woman with chest pain had to settle into the nurse’s locker room due to the shortage of hospital beds there. (BBC News)

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