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The Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a source told the AP.
After discussions with the FDA, Moderna pulled an application for its combination influenza-COVID vaccine; the company said it plans to resubmit after phase III efficacy data from its flu vaccine are available.
UnitedHealth Group secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers for sick residents, according to an investigation by The Guardian.
Amid a physician shortage, a provision in President Trump’s massive budget bill would restrict loans for medical school tuition. (Axios)
Senators interrogated HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about why he was cutting funds for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and other programs. (NBC News)
Former President Biden’s last prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer screening was in 2014, his office said. (The Hill)
President Trump urged House Republicans to pass their current spending bill without making deeper cuts to Medicaid, but some were not convinced. (Politico)
George Wendt, who played the amiable barfly Norm Peterson on the TV series “Cheers,” died at age 76; no cause of death was given. (New York Times)
Latonya Pottain, who once starred on “My 600-lb Life,” has died at age 40, likely of congestive heart failure, according to authorities in northern Louisiana, where she lived. (USA Today)
Delaware is now the 11st state to permit assisted suicide. (The Hill)
The 25-year-old man suspected of bombing a California fertility clinic was “nihilistic” — he wanted to do violence for violence’s sake, according to the FBI. (Washington Post)
An outbreak of salmonella in 15 states has been traced to cucumbers grown by the same grower whose contaminated cucumbers caused 550 illnesses last year. (AP)
Valley fever has increased by 62% in southern Utah as development disturbs the soil in the region. (fox13now.com)
Someone who attended a Shakira concert in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 15 was infected with measles and may have spread it to others, although no cases have yet been reported. (northjersey.com)
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