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Bacteria from cooling towers at Harlem Hospital and a nearby site where the city’s public health lab is located were sources for the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others in New York City. (AP)
Former CDC directors said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering every American’s health. (New York Times)
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump cheered Kennedy’s upheaval of the nation’s public health system. (Washington Post)
The President also took to Truth Social and called for pharmaceutical companies to publicly prove their COVID-19 products work, saying in the CDC is “being ripped apart over this question.” (STAT)
Here is why three officials who left the CDC last week did so. (Reuters)
The agency asked all staff to return to the office Sept. 15, just over a month after a shooting at CDC headquarters. (NBC News)
A physician who previously worked at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital was sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually abusing sedated patients and raping unconscious women at his home. (AP)
The FDA approved lecanemab (Leqembi) subcutaneous injection for maintenance dosing to treat early Alzheimer’s disease, Eisai and Biogen announced.
DermaRite Industries expanded its recall of products including soaps and hand sanitizers due to potential microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepacia complex.
More companies pulled thousands of packages of shrimp for potential radioactive contamination. (AP)
The WHO ran out of medical supplies in Gaza needed treat a surge of Guillain-Barré syndrome cases. (Reuters)
Robert Mueller, the former special counsel who led the Russia investigation during President Trump’s first term, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. (New York Times)
Rudy Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebra and other injuries in a New Hampshire car crash in which he was a passenger. (AP)
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay said that he was diagnosed with skin cancer, which he said has been removed. (NBC News)
Fox News correspondent John Roberts was diagnosed with malaria. (USA Today)
A man was found dead in a pool of blood at the Burning Man art and music festival in the Nevada desert. (AP)
And strangers came together to deliver a baby girl at the annual event. (New York Times)
This trade in U.S. body parts may be ripe for exploitation. (BBC)
Austria’s healthcare somewhat resembles a spa. (New York Times)
The European Union banned an ingredient commonly found in gel nail polish. (New York Post)
Was acetaminophen behind this farmer’s perplexing symptoms? (Washington Post)
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