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Sir
Rod
Stewart
will
be
unable
to
continue
his
“One
Last
Time”
farewell
tour
following
a
coronary
stent
procedure.
(AP)
The
Mexico
farm
linked
to
the
largest
cyclosporiasis
outbreak
in
the
U.S.
hadn’t
been
inspected
in
7
years.
(CBS
News)
In
related
news,
experts
weighed
in
on
whether
the
BRAT
diet
—
bananas,
rice,
applesauce,
toast
—
is
still
the
best
way
to
treat
a
stomach
bug.
(New
York
Times)
A
study
in
Nature
Medicine
suggested
the
Ebola
outbreak
in
Congo
began
with
a
new
animal-to-human
transmission
event,
and
then
spread
between
people.
HHS
is
seeking
nominations
for
membership
on
the
National
Vaccine
Advisory
Committee,
a
panel
that
advises
the
department
on
national
vaccine
strategy.
(CIDRAP)
Meanwhile,
the
World
Health
Organization
defended
its
immunization
guidelines
after
President
Trump’s
controversial
order
on
childhood
vaccination.
(The
Hill)
More
and
more
employers
are
moving
away
from
the
three
largest
pharmacy
benefit
managers
(PBMs)
—
Optum
Rx,
CVS
Caremark,
and
Express
Scripts
—
in
favor
of
smaller
PBMs.
(Axios)
California
announced
plans
to
phase
out
use
of
the
weedkiller
paraquat,
which
has
been
linked
to
Parkinson’s
and
other
health
problems.
In
Ohio,
16
prisoners
were
hospitalized
after
a
lightning
strike
at
the
Grafton
Correctional
Institution.
(ABC
News)
Retired
NFL
quarterback
Matt
Hasselbeck
joined
a
Boston
University
study
that
aims
to
take
a
small
step
toward
the
goal
of
diagnosing
chronic
traumatic
encephalopathy
(CTE)
in
the
living.
(AP)
K-pop
influencer
Mina
Chan,
25,
died
by
suicide
at
her
home
in
South
Korea
during
a
social
media
livestream.
(USA
Today)
The
focus
in
Lindsay
Clancy’s
trial
on
Tuesday
turned
to
the
medications
she
was
taking
prior
to
murdering
her
three
children.
(AP)
CDC
survey
data
showed
that
1.2%
of
U.S.
adults
in
2023-2024
said
they’d
been
diagnosed
with
ulcerative
colitis
while
0.5%
reported
a
Crohn’s
disease
diagnosis.
Artificial
intelligence
(AI)
is
helping
locate
sperm
in
men
with
extremely
low
sperm
counts.
(New
York
Times)
Meanwhile,
a
new
analysis
suggests
that
AI-powered
tools
can
accelerate
clinical
development
of
cancer
drugs
while
saving
millions.
(Axios)
Roughly
70%
of
e-cigarette
product
sales
in
convenience
and
grocery
channels
were
unauthorized
as
of
December
2025,
according
to
a
study
in
NEJM
Evidence.
The
latest
March
of
Dimes
report
estimated
that
5.8
million
women
currently
live
in
U.S.
counties
without
full
access
to
maternity
care.
Experts
suggested
that
GLP-1
drugs
may
reduce
the
effectiveness
of
birth
control
pills.
(The
Hill)
Hamilton
Medical
recalled
some
of
its
coaxial
breathing
circuit
sets
because
of
an
expiratory
valve
issue
linked
to
four
serious
injuries,
the
FDA
said.
Hims
&
Hers
Health
said
it’s
ready
to
sell
compounded
peptides
if
the
FDA
allows
it.
(The
Hill)
University
of
Michigan
announced
it
will
make
grades
pass/fail
for
first-semester
freshmen
to
improve
student
mental
health.
(New
York
Times)
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