Anti-Vaxxer Runs for President; Long COVID and Bad Sleep; ACA Plans Tighten Networks

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Longtime vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threw his hat into the ring for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. (CNN)

DNA samples from Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Market during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak provide no definitive answers to how the virus jumped to humans, according to a Chinese study published in Nature.

Users of liver drug ursodeoxycholic acid were less susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 illness. (Journal of Internal Medicine)

Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs said it is now selling brand-name canagliflozin (Invokana) on top of approximately 1,000 generic drugs. (The Street)

The prevalence of sleep problems among long COVID patients was an estimated 41% at the Cleveland Clinic. (Journal of General Internal Medicine)

Affordable Care Act insurance plans are trimming down their in-network providers and hospitals to the chagrin of policy holders. (NPR)

The Biden administration summarized its efforts to fight long COVID in the last year.

Retrospective data support prophylactic cryotherapy to prevent retinal detachment in the Stickler syndrome that's the most common cause of inherited and childhood retinal detachment. (New England Journal of Medicine)

Eli Lilly's investigational drug remternetug reduced amyloid plaque in a phase I study of people with early Alzheimer's. (CNBC)

Advice on longevity from people who have had their 100th birthday or are approaching it. (CNBC)

Hospitals continue to warn of possible patient harm during next week's 4-day strike by junior doctors across England, organized by the British Medical Association. (BBC News)

Abryx says its Montage bone putty won expanded FDA indications for use as bone void filler and cranial bone cement.

The new ban on transgender runners in major women's competitions is reportedly without sound scientific backing. (Science)

Initial measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction was proven no worse when performed by artificial intelligence as compared with human cardiac sonographers. (Nature)

Glass Health is one of several companies trying to put artificial intelligence to use in reducing the paperwork burden of physicians. (NPR)

The California dermatologist who was caught on camera allegedly putting Drano in her husband's tea now faces felony charges. (Los Angeles Times)

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