COVID and Heart Attack in the Young; No Vax for Fungal Infections; Wilderness Trauma

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A possible link between COVID and a spike in heart attacks among young people. (Today)

Despite a growing prevalence of fungal infections, vaccine development continues to lag. (NBC News)

After a mandatory evacuation, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, were allowed to return home Thursday following a train derailment that posed an explosion risk. (WOSU)

Waterborne diseases, drug shortages: the daunting medical issues for earthquake survivors. (Washington Post)

A program in Massachusetts has the goal of getting children and teenagers in mental crisis out of the emergency department and back home again in a timely manner. (NPR)

The U.S. will test vaccinations in poultry as it considers how to stem the bird flu outbreak. (CBS News)

Colgate-Palmolive recalled almost 5 million containers of Fabuloso household cleaner because of a possible bacterial contamination, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The World Health Organization was notified by health officials in Oman of a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) involving a 60-year-old man who had no history of contact with animals known to carry the virus.

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) was assaulted in an elevator at her Washington apartment complex by an assailant who fled after she fought back. (Daily Caller)

Should we be concerned about molnupiravir's mutational effects? (Science)

The FDA said 346 deaths have been linked with the foam breakdown issue in recalled ventilators, CPAP, and BiPAP machines.

Faced with a "flood of complaints," the Florida High School Athletic Association decided to eliminate questions about menstrual history from a participant medical form, but left in place a question about assigned sex at birth. (AP)

Temple University in Philadelphia announced revocation of healthcare and tuition coverage for graduate-student employees who participated in a strike related to pay and benefits. (Vice)

More than half of board members of top-ranked U.S. hospitals had backgrounds in financial activities or business/professional services, as compared with 15% who had healthcare backgrounds. (Journal of General Internal Medicine)

Manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPE) have formed a lobbying group to promote increased production of PPE in the U.S. (The Hill)

A group of former players has sued the NFL for "routinely denying disability claims" related to concussions and other injuries incurred during their playing days, alleging that league officials "engaged in repeated and substantial derelictions of their responsibilities." (CNN)

To learn more about football injuries, check out this podcast addressing the question of whether the sport can ever be made safe. (CNN)

The "nightmare" of growing up with developmental dyspraxia in the U.S. (Newsweek)

As a growing number of celebrities tout the health benefits of ice baths, the scientific evidence remains sketchy. (AP)

A supposed therapeutic wilderness experience for troubled teens instead traumatized them. (USA Today)

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