Child Dies From Unusual Hepatitis; Ebola Strikes the Congo; ‘Feminicides’ Rising?

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At least one child has died from the unexplained acute hepatitis outbreak in the U.S. and Europe, according to the World Health Organization; a dozen countries have reported 169 cases, about 10% of which required a liver transplant. (AP)

Pfizer announced a nationwide recall of five lots of its blood pressure drug quinapril HCL (Accupril) after detecting unacceptable levels of nitrosamine, a human carcinogen.

CMS said it would end its legal challenge to a Texas Medicaid waiver approved by the Trump administration, stating that continuing the lawsuit is “not the best use of the federal government’s limited resources.” (Politico)

Health authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the country’s northwestern Equateur Province. (CNN)

As of Monday at 8 a.m. EDT, the unofficial COVID toll in the U.S. reached 80,995,113 cases and 992,579 deaths, increases of 327,812 and 2,696 respectively, since this time last week.

Was COVID-19 the cause of death … or conspiracy theories? (NPR)

At least 90 high school students tested positive for COVID-19 after a mask-optional prom in San Francisco. (ABC7)

Biogen said it withdrew its application for aducanumab (Aduhelm) to the European Medicines Agency following a negative review from regulators there.

The FDA approved benzoyl peroxide 5% (Epsolay) for adults with inflammatory rosacea lesions, manufacturer Sol-Gel Technologies announced.

Meanwhile, the agency found that more than a quarter of drug companies’ postmarketing trials were not on schedule.

The American Academy of Pediatrics last week published You-ology: A Puberty Guide for Everybody, a book intended for girls, boys, and non-binary pre-teens. (NPR)

Should a medication for overactive bladder be sold over the counter? The U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is asking women and physicians for their two cents. (BBC)

Former Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, the longest- serving Republican senator and co-creator of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, died on Saturday. (Reuters)

A Colorado man who set himself on fire outside of the Supreme Court on Earth Day, in an apparent climate change protest, has died from his injuries. (Denver Post)

In Mexico, the body of Debanhi Escobar’s was found 13 days after her disappearance in the border state of Nuevo Leon, with advocates saying that “feminicides” are on the rise. (AP via NPR)