COVID Reinfection More Lethal; No, Insulin Is Not 'Free' Now; 1 in 9 Teens Smoking

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Compared with the first bout, the second time around with COVID infection is riskier in terms of death, hospitalization, and developing long COVID. (Nature Medicine)

No, Eli Lilly did not announce on Twitter that "insulin is free now." (Forbes)

Pregnant detained migrants under the age of 18 will have access to abortions, the Biden administration said. (AP)

Vape maker Juul plans to lay off 30% of its staff but apparently secured financing to stave off bankruptcy. (Wall Street Journal)

Without government-paid vaccines, treatments, and tests, could we be gearing up for a tough COVID winter? (STAT)

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor rejected an emergency challenge to New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public workers. (The Hill)

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is responsible for one in 56 hospitalizations of healthy young kids in high-income European countries. (Lancet Respiratory Medicine)

Meanwhile, a Kansas City school had to temporarily close after dozens of students and staff fell ill with RSV, the flu, or COVID. (ABC News)

Over 100 healthcare organizations already penned their names to a government-initiated climate pledge agreeing to meet bold targets for emissions reduction and climate resilience, an HHS delegation to the United Nations Climate Conference announced.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is opening up about menopause and her experience with hormone therapy. (NBC News)

California is suing several companies, including DuPont and 3M, over costs to clean up pollution from polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called forever chemicals. (Reuters)

Following in Oregon's footsteps, Colorado became the second state to legalize the use of magic mushrooms in "healing centers" following a very close vote earlier this week. (The Colorado Sun)

This year, more than 3 million middle and high school students, representing one in every nine, said they used a tobacco product in the past month, according to new CDC data.

The FDA approved tremelimumab (Imjudo) in combination with durvalumab (Imfinzi) and platinum-based chemotherapy for adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

And brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) gained a new indication for kids ages 2 years and up with previously untreated high risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma in combination with chemotherapy, Seagen announced.

In a small study of untreatable cancer, a CRISPR-powered CAR T-cell therapy proved safe and able to stabilize disease progression in a handful of patients. (Nature)

Lebanon is facings a cholera outbreak for the first time in almost 30 years, and the oral vaccine is in short supply. (NPR)

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