Docs Push Ivermectin for Flu; Woody's SNL Intro; Energy Dept. Backs Lab Leak Theory

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Doctors who supported ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 -- despite all the evidence against it -- now claim it can treat flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as well. (Washington Post)

Twelve attorneys general sued the FDA seeking to remove restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone (Mifeprex). (New York Times)

The CDC's independent vaccine advisors said there was not enough evidence to recommend multiple annual COVID-19 boosters for vulnerable groups. (Reuters)

As of Monday at 8:00 a.m. ET, the unofficial COVID toll in the U.S. reached 103,374,864 cases and 1,119,560 deaths.

The Department of Energy now says the pandemic most likely began with a laboratory leak after the release of a new classified intelligence report of "low confidence." (NBC News)

Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) blamed his retirement on complications from COVID-19 and said five or six other members of Congress also have long COVID. (Huffington Post)

Woody Harrelson is getting dragged for a pandemic conspiracy joke in his "Saturday Night Live" monologue about pharmaceutical companies owning the government and media. (Washington Post)

Meanwhile, the Lee County Republican Party in Florida passed a conspiracy-laden resolution that would ban all COVID-19 vaccines in the state if passed by the legislature and signed into law by the governor. (Cape Coral Breeze)

The bird flu virus responsible for the death of a girl in Cambodia has been preliminarily identified as part of "an endemic clade" of bird flu, according to tests run by the CDC, and experts still say the risk to humans remains low. (Reuters, AP)

False alarm: a man in Spain thought to have the country's first suspected case of Marburg disease tested negative on Saturday. (Reuters)

For the first time, a clinical trial will test whether patients prescribed methadone or buprenorphine in an office setting, fare better in treatment. (STAT)

A healthcare sharing ministry left its enrollees saddled with debt as it built a family empire. (ProPublica)

The Biden administration plans to reinstate the requirement for an in-person doctor's visit before a patient can be prescribed ADHD medications or painkillers. (AP)

Five people, including a patient and a family member died after a medical airplane crashed outside Reno, Nevada. (New York Times)

Could curbing teenagers use of social media, help them feel better about their bodies? (NPR)

Experts detail how chemical exposure following the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio might affect pregnant women and young children. (ABC News)

A case of measles in Kentucky has been tied to a Christian revival at Asbury University. (USA Today)

A case of a "brain eating" amoeba in Florida may have stemmed from unfiltered tap water used in a sinus rinse. (Live Science)

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