Celeb Warns on Butt Shots; 27 Drugs Face Rebate Penalty; ‘Shocking Amount of Misery’

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Model and TV personality Blac Chyna warned about potential risks and side effects of silicone butt injections. (USA Today)

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said Wednesday he would rule as quickly as possible on a lawsuit that challenges the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone and asks that sales of the drug be banned nationwide. (Reuters)

The best treatment for depression may be exercise, a meta-analysis showed. (British Journal of Sports Medicine)

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago successfully performed double lung transplantations in two patients with stage 4 lung cancer. (NBC News)

First-generation mRNA vaccines were protective against COVID-19 during periods of BA.4/BA.5 predominance, but protection declined over time. (JAMA Network Open)

The Department of Health and Human Services released the first set of 27 Part B prescription drugs subject to Medicare inflation rebates because their prices rose faster than inflation. (Endpoint News)

While climate change means West Nile, Lyme, and other diseases will likely be on the rise in the U.S., research on vector-borne-diseases and disease surveillance is underfunded, leaving the country susceptible to future outbreaks. (STAT)

In 2022, there were more than 100 recalls of children’s products — the most in any year since 2013. (NPR)

The rate of preterm births in the U.S. is high — about one in every 10 live births — and that rate could worsen considering the lack of fewer maternal care providers in states restricting abortion. (NPR)

People with medical debt have to make difficult sacrifices, KHN reported: “I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that there’s a shocking amount of misery out there.”

Scientists are investigating an outbreak of bird flu in seals that occurred along the coast of Maine last summer. (New York Times)

Could irritable bowel syndrome be caused by gravity? (The Atlantic)

Health authorities in Canada and the U.K. are planning to offer COVID bivalent booster shots this spring to high-risk individuals, but the FDA has been quiet on the subject. (STAT)

While the FDA is expected to allow the over-the-counter sale of naloxone (Narcan) to reverse opioid overdoses, will it be affordable? (Washington Post)