Cholera Outbreak Widens; What Beethoven’s DNA Revealed; Grindr’s Free HIV Tests

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Four new countries are reporting cholera outbreaks, bringing the total number of affected countries to 24, according to the World Health Organization.

Come May, the White House COVID-19 task force will be no more. (Washington Post)

Moderna would not commit to lowering the price of its COVID-19 vaccine when the government’s emergency order ends. (CNN)

Worries grow as non-native mosquito Culex lactator — typically found in Central and South America — spreads across Southwest Florida. (NPR)

A analysis of DNA from Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggested a genetic predisposition to liver disease and a prior hepatitis B infection as potential contributors to the composer’s mysterious death. (Current Biology)

The FDA rejected Abbvie’s foscarbidopa/foslevodopa pump for treating motor fluctuations in adults with advanced Parkinson’s disease, requesting additional information about the device.

And Regeneron said the FDA extended the approval of evinacumab (Evkeeza) to children age 5 to 11 with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

On a 157-0 vote, the Missouri House of Representatives endorsed legislation prohibiting health care providers from performing pelvic, prostate, and anal exams on patients under anesthesia. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin revealed he had a stroke last fall that convinced him to stop smoking and start working out twice a day. (People)

Dating app Grindr is providing U.S. users with free at-home HIV tests as part of a new public health initiative with the CDC and other partners. (CNN)

A blood test from Eli Lilly and Roche is in development to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. (Endpoints)

A large genome-wide association study suggested shared genetic markers underpin various substance use disorders, regardless of the substance. (Nature Mental Health)

Abdullah Hassan Pratt, MD, a emergency physician in Chicago, inspires local kids after losing his brother to gun violence. (STAT)

A man spent decades adjusting his own neck, mimicking what chiropractors did, only to rupture his right artery and suffer a stroke. (New York Post)

A doctor and his wife are among the many Americans whose stolen identities put them on the hook to return scammers’ COVID-19 relief money. (ABC News)