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All are presumed dead after an American Airlines passenger jet carrying 64 people and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers crashed midair near Washington, D.C. (CNN)
The White House said a federal funding freeze remains in “full force and effect” even though the memo initially ordering the freeze on federal grants and loans was rescinded earlier yesterday. (CNBC)
But another federal judge said he intends to issue a new block on the spending freeze. (Politico)
Despite the administration’s restrictions on travel and communications, clinical trials may continue and patients can still travel to trial sites to participate in research, according to the NIH’s acting director. (New York Times)
Massachusetts state health officials said bird flu appears to be widespread among its birds. (ABC News)
Two European regulators are tracking bird flu variants as the virus is posing an increasing threat to humans.
The International AIDS Society called for all HIV treatment and prevention services disbursed by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to be restored immediately.
Here’s how universities and academic medical centers reacted to President Donald Trump’s executive order on diversity, equity, and inclusion. (STAT)
Merck stopped a phase III trial of sotatercept-csrk (Winrevair) early due to positive results from an interim analysis of recently diagnosed adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. applied to trademark “Make America Healthy Again” to potentially market supplements, vitamins, essential oils, and cryptocurrency, but transferred ownership to an anti-vaccine ally. (Washington Post)
Meanwhile, Kennedy’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan threatened senators if they vote against his HHS nomination. (The Hill)
Wegmans recalled frozen chicken nuggets because they may contain bone fragments. (AP)
The FDA upgraded a recall of Lay’s classic potato chips in Oregon and Washington to the highest level of severity, warning of potentially serious consequences from eating the product due to undeclared milk. (New York Times)
Restricting benzodiazepines during cardiac surgery didn’t reduce delirium incidence compared with liberal benzodiazepine administration, a cluster randomized trial found. (JAMA Surgery)
Cigna said it plans to help lower out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs for patients. (Reuters via USA Today)
The launch of the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline was associated with an increase in peer support services but decreases across several other services. (JAMA Psychiatry)
Senate Republicans and Democrats reintroduced the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 designed to reduce animal testing in drug development.
Two bipartisan senators reintroduced a bill to permanently repeal a policy Trump reinstated that restricts sending federal foreign aid to groups providing abortion services. (The Hill)
A Chinese trial found a lower rate of live birth with frozen embryo transfers than fresh embryo transfers. (BMJ)
Advocate Health Care plans to close all 47 of its urgent care clinics inside Illinois Walgreens stores. (NBC 5 Chicago)
Better nurse staffing was tied with lower rates of cesarean births, according to data on 2,786 nurses from 193 hospitals. (Nursing Outlook)
Princess Beatrice, daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, gave birth to a premature baby girl last week. (USA Today)
Does hot lemon water have any health benefits? It’s hydrating, but that may be it. (New York Times)
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