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Two patients are suing Curtis Cetrulo, MD, a plastic surgeon formerly of Massachusetts General Hospital, claiming their phalloplasty operations for gender affirmation left them with deformed penises. (Daily Mail)
New rules will prevent CDC staff from sitting on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 vaccine working group and assign a federal officer to monitor interactions between the work group members and agency staff to ensure there is not “undue influence” by the CDC or any special interest group.
CMS said it is seeking nominations for members with expertise in chronic disease prevention and management, federally administered health care financing, and delivery system reform for a new advisory committee.
The Georgia man who shot at CDC buildings on Aug. 8 apparently tried to enter the campus 2 days earlier but was turned away by security, according to an internal CDC email. (AP)
Grants totaling at least $200 million for CDC programs that had been blocked by the Trump administration are being released to grantees. (The Hill)
Meanwhile, the administration is withholding millions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program appropriated by Congress. (New York Times)
ProPublica looked at the deep cuts to federal health agencies under the Trump administration.
Pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark was fined $290 million for Medicare fraud related to overcharging for drugs. (Healthcare Dive)
Medicare enrollees are increasingly leaving acute-care hospitals against medical advice, with a nearly 50% jump since 2006, an HHS Office of Inspector General report found.
Iowa is facing an ob/gyn shortage. (Iowa Public Radio)
In New York City, a sixth person has died in the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, with cases rising to 111. (ABC 7)
New CDC reports warned about Salmonella outbreaks in pet bearded dragons and the potential for human rabies cases from feral cats. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
California’s Southwind Foods is recalling lots of its frozen shrimp over potential contamination with the radionuclide Cesium-137, the FDA said.
Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar’s Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year’s deadly listeria outbreak, U.S. Agriculture Department officials said. (AP)
Around 16 tons of sausage, pork chops, and ribs made by Sabrositos Hondurenos were recalled for having a false inspection mark, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
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