Jill Biden's Cancer Surgery; Gurney Suffocation Death; Dollar General Clinics

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First Lady Jill Biden had two cancerous lesions -- both basal cell carcinomas -- successfully removed on Wednesday. (NBC News)

The Biden administration again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, in part due to the circulating, highly contagious XBB.1.5 variant. (CNN)

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is not information available about how ill people can get from catching XBB.1.5. (CNBC)

Insurers are threatening lawsuits if the Biden administration's plan to audit Medicare Advantage goes ahead. (STAT)

The House passed a bill that would threaten medical providers with prison time for not resuscitating babies born alive during abortions. The bill is not expected to pass in the Senate. (New York Times)

The New York City nurses' strike ended after a tentative agreement was reached with hospitals. (CNN)

CVS is being sued by an ex-employee, a nurse practitioner, for allegedly terminating her for refusing to prescribe birth control. (Reuters)

Are prominent officials starting to consider pregnant women who take abortion pills fair game for prosecution? (Washington Post)

A WHO staffer accused of sexually assaulting someone during a conference last year had been flagged for a similar allegation in the past. (AP)

Two paramedics were charged with first-degree murder after they strapped a man into a gurney face-down and he suffocated. (People)

COVID-19 remained the top killer of law enforcement in 2022, followed by firearm-related incidents. (ABC News)

Baltimore has a new initiative to house homeless people who need a place to isolate themselves when they have COVID. (CBS News)

Dollar General is piloting new mobile health clinics in Tennessee. (WSMV4)

In Rhode Island, a pilot trial of pharmacy-based buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder resulted in promising patient engagement and retention. (New England Journal of Medicine)

Blue-state towns near red-state borders are logging more visitors, perhaps due to access to abortion clinics. (Politico)

The owner of a Kansas center for opioid addiction treatment was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine to distribute, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.

DOJ also says a former Ohio doctor was convicted on eight counts of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances such as oxycodone.

A woman allegedly made it to 2 decades working as a psychiatrist in the U.K.'s National Health Service before anyone caught on that she had faked her diplomas. (Fox News)

The Defense Health Agency got its first African American director: Army Maj. Gen. Telita Crosland, MD, MPH. (Military Times)

After surviving a cardiac arrest last summer, University of Southern California freshman Vince Iwuchukwu seems poised to return to college basketball. (Los Angeles Times)

Nurses at the Buffalo VA Medical Center said management did not prepare for recent blizzard conditions. (WETM18)

Guitarist Jeff Beck died at age 78; the cause was bacterial meningitis, according to his publicist. (New York Times)

Riverdance star Michael Flatley was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. (The Guardian)

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot was criticized by mayoral challengers for not reopening six mental health clinics closed under the previous administration. (Block Club Chicago)

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