Trump Avoids Talk of Father’s Alzheimer’s; Teens Smell Like Goats; AI Drugs a Bust?

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While former President Trump attacks President Biden as being “cognitively impaired,” he avoids talk about his own father’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease. (Washington Post)

Smoking may increase dangerous visceral fat in the abdomen, a study in Addiction found.

The Senate is launching an investigation into high-risk biological research amid lingering concerns about the origins of COVID-19. (Axios)

Apparently, toddlers smell like flowers and teens smell like goats, according to a body odor study in Communications Chemistry.

Young kids may still have post-concussion symptoms up to 3 months later. (JAMA Network Open)

Allergy season in the U.S. has arrived early this year. (AP)

The latest trend inspired by social media misinformation: women ditching their birth control. (Washington Post)

The 988 suicide and lifeline may soon route callers based on location rather than their phone’s area code. (CNN)

Held up by partisan battles, funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was extended another year. (The Hill)

Programs supported by PEPFAR across 36 countries boosted completion rates of tuberculosis preventive treatment up to 87% in people with HIV, CDC data found.

Vas madness? Some men scheduled their vasectomy procedures to align with the NCAA basketball tournament. (USA Today)

The first artificial intelligence (AI)-designed pharmaceuticals have fallen short in early-stage trials. (Endpoints News)

Starting next week, South Korea will move closer to suspending licenses of striking residents and interns. (AP)

Meanwhile, hundreds of doctors in Kenya are entering their second week of protests demanding better pay and working conditions. (AP)

A Russian court rejected a lawsuit filed by the mother of Alexei Navalny that claimed poor medical treatment at the prison where the Russian opposition leader died last month. (AP)

A 25-year-old woman with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, planned her death announcement on social media with a pre-written eulogy. (People)

In a trifecta of recalls announced by FDA:

In related news, over 440,000 Starbucks mugs were recalled after people were injuring themselves. (NPR)

And the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned the public not to buy roller ball candies due to choking hazards.

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