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A plastic surgeon in the Tampa-area has been charged with murder in connection with a missing Florida lawyer. (AP)
At least 26 people are dead after severe storms and tornadoes swept through Mississippi and Alabama. (CNN)
In Pennsylvania, a chocolate factory explosion caused at least seven deaths. (USA Today)
Life expectancy is rebounding in other countries yet continues to decline in the U.S. (NPR)
Mitch McConnell left the rehab facility where he was getting physical therapy for a concussion. (AP)
The pandemic-driven health labor shortage may be over. (Axios)
Lower income children have less access to physical activity and sports than their more wealthy peers. (New York Times)
Fentanyl has contributed to a doubling in teen overdose deaths in just 3 years. (The Hill)
Asian Americans are facing a mental health crisis. (Axios)
In new draft guidance, the FDA is proposing more rigorous trials to support accelerated approvals for cancer drugs.
Transgender patients say visits to the doctor can be more traumatizing than they’re worth, and that they often have little access to affordable health care. (Washington Post)
Meanwhile, U.S. bishops have issued new guidelines in an effort to halt gender transition care at Catholic hospitals. (AP)
Idaho Republicans opposed to a bill that would provide free menstrual products at schools say the proposal is too “woke” and would make Idaho a bigger “nanny state.” (Huffington Post)
Bayer will shift its research and development focus away from women’s health. (Reuters)
Abortion clinics on the edge of Illinois are being flooded with patients from Southern states. (AP)
Can eczema be triggered by the air we breathe? (NBC News)
A 2012 Wyoming constitutional amendment passed in opposition to the Affordable Care Act stood in the way of a sweeping ban on abortion. (CNBC)
An estimated 80% of paper receipts from major store chains in the U.S. use “toxic chemicals” such as bisphenol A (BPA), according to a report from the Ecology Center.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is in the market for clinical trial partners. (Reuters)
In a pivotal phase III trial involving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients on maximal standard-of-care inhaled therapy, dupilumab (Dupixent) reduced exacerbations by 30% versus placebo, Sanofi and Regeneron announced.
And Novartis said its phase III NATALEE trial met its primary endpoint and was stopped early, showing that adding ribociclib (Kisqali) to standard adjuvant endocrine therapy reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence in patients with early disease.
The war in Ukraine can devastate away from the frontlines, as in the death of a doctor in an October air strike on Kyiv. (Washington Post)
A rare parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, that killed four sea otters in California may also pose a risk to humans. (CNN)