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The FDA classified the recall of Cal Yee Farm’s chocolate and yogurt-covered products as Class I — its most serious designation — due to undeclared allergens. (Fox News)
The American Medical Association announced its support for a new bipartisan bill in the House that seeks to block a 2.83% cut in the Medicare physician fee schedule.
Following a 5-day pause, salary payments to scientists from the National Science Foundation were restored to comply with a judge’s order, but concerns persist about future funding. (STAT)
Forty-four states are experiencing high or very high flu activity, according to the latest CDC data. (CIDRAP)
How President Trump’s tariffs could affect the healthcare industry. (Becker’s Hospital Review)
The end appears near for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) — which provides humanitarian assistance, including life-saving medical assistance — as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on the agency; Trump advisor Elon Musk has said USAID “needs to die.” (AP, NPR)
HHS may seek over $1 billion from Johnson & Johnson to recoup cancer treatment costs the government covered for patients who alleged the company’s talc products caused their cancers. (Reuters via MSN)
A 5-year-old boy was killed at a suburban Detroit medical center after a hyperbaric oxygen chamber exploded while he was inside. (CBS Detroit)
The State Department clarified that HIV treatment and testing, tuberculosis treatment and prevention, and some other services can continue under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). (Reuters via MSN)
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday will vote on whether to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to the full senate. (Reuters via MSN)
Kennedy said that if confirmed as HHS secretary he would donate fees he receives from ongoing litigation against the HPV vaccine to his son; Kennedy also said he reached a settlement with an entity that had accused him of “misconduct or inappropriate behavior.” (New York Times)
At his confirmation hearings, Kennedy said infectious diseases receives more federal funding than chronic diseases: the opposite is true. (NBC News)
NYU Langone Health in New York City reportedly cancelled the appointments of two transgender children scheduled to receive puberty blockers following President Trump’s executive order calling for an end to gender-affirming care in minors. (New York Times)
Gerber is recalling and discontinuing its edible “Sooth N Chew” teething sticks due to a possible choking hazard. (AP)
A study involving Canadian kids linked high consumption of ultraprocessed foods to obesity development. (JAMA Network Open)
FDA approved another biosimilar to tocilizumab (Actemra), branded as Avtozma, for the intravenous or subcutaneous treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, COVID-19, and other tocilizumab-approved conditions, maker Celltrion announced.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it’s sending candidate vaccines and treatments to Uganda amid an outbreak of Ebola.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, is asking member nations to push the U.S. to rejoin the global health body. (AP)
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