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Mississippi's House and Senate passed similar bills banning abortions after 15 weeks' gestation, and the governor says he'll sign a bill if it reaches his desk -- although such legislation would be illegal under Roe v. Wade. (Reuters)
FDA expands the indication for lurasidone HCI (Latuda) to include bipolar depression in pediatric patients ages 10 to 17 years, says manufacturer Sunovion.
Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare says next year it will pass millions of dollars' worth of savings from drug-company rebates on to its customers. (New York Times)
And the Trump administration claimed credit for it. (HHS)
Is swine flu back? Hungary reports that a man died from H1N1 influenza. (Reuters)
AIDSVu, a partnership between Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and drugmaker Gilead Sciences, issued a state-level review of pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake for HIV prevention.
Falls in older adults amounted to approximately $50 billion of U.S. medical costs in 2015, a new study says. (JAGS)
To protect the U.S. blood supply, the FDA has approved a pair of tests to screen for tick-borne parasites in plasma and whole blood.
The first-in-class ATP citrate lyase inhibitor, bempedoic acid, lowered LDL cholesterol by 23% in a pivotal phase III trial, drugmaker Esperion announced.
Macrophages help keep tattoos in place, Mo Costandi writes in Scientific American, thus suggesting a possible target for aiding in their removal.
Perineal exercises with a ball and warm showers reduced stress, anxiety and pain in pregnant women. (International Journal of Nursing Practice)
NBA player Kevin Love disclosed that he experiences panic attacks, one of which kept him out of a game this season. (Cleveland.com)
FDA approves a 4-week dosing interval for nivolumab (Opdivo), says manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Bariatric surgery was associated with new-onset inflammatory bowel disease in a small, case series study. (Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
A senior official at HHS who was placed on leave for promoting conspiracy theories on social media has returned to work. (Politico)
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