Newborn Myocarditis Cluster; Mexican Surgery Infections; Overdose Deaths Plateau

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Due to enterovirus infections, there has been a cluster of severe myocarditis among newborns in Wales and England. (Telegraph)

The World Meteorological Organization said that Earth will hit record temperature highs in the next 5 years, with implications for health, food, and the environment.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth and introduces obstacles for adults. (Reuters)

Austin's Dell Children's Clinic told parents that the doctors who previously supported children in gender-affirming care have all left. (The Guardian)

U.S. officials are warning Americans against traveling to Matamoros, Mexico, for surgery following reported cases of fungal meningitis resulting in one death already. (AP)

A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of the Justice Department's arguments on behalf of the FDA that the agency had the power to approve mifepristone. (Axios)

NPR shares readers' experiences using mifepristone -- whether for abortion or for miscarriage, and with conviction or with doubt.

Overdose deaths appeared to have plateaued in the U.S, according to provisional CDC data. (AP)

Drug shortages demand urgent attention, but generics manufacturers are too financially strained to respond. (New York Times)

From the GenOMICC genome-wide association study, scientists identify 49 genetic determinants for why SARS-CoV-2 infection sends certain people into critical COVID-19 illness. (Nature)

A Senate report supporting the lab leak theory of COVID-19's origins comes up short of "smoking gun" evidence. (CNN)

The new National Sports Brain Bank is seeking brain donors to study why some athletes, and not others, develop symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. (New York Times)

In warring Sudan, doctors have been taken against their will and just 16% of the capital's hospitals are still functioning. (Washington Post)

Veterinary drug emodepside showed efficacy against Trichuris trichiura and hookworm infections in two phase IIa trials. (New England Journal of Medicine)

Nurse practitioners working in emergency departments were associated with higher medical costs and worse patient outcomes, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Vigorous exercise did not spell death for people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to a prospective cohort study in JAMA Cardiology.

The FDA eased, but did not lift, a partial clinical hold on AOC 1001 therapy for myotonic dystrophy type 1, Avidity Biosciences said.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued compulsory orders to two group purchasing organizations as part of its ongoing inquiry into pharmacy benefit managers and their affiliates.

Fertility app Premom compromised user privacy by sharing sensitive health data with third parties, the FTC also said.

The hospital worker caught in a viral video arguing and pushing someone over a New York Citi Bike is now on leave, Bellevue Hospital said. (NBC News)

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