Controversial Coronavirus Grant; AI Spots Pancreatic Cancer Risk; Temporary DEA Rule

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The NIH reinstated grant funding for EcoHealth Alliances’s controversial bat coronavirus research, with extensive restrictions. (Nature)

A woman stranded without water for 5 days in the Australian wilderness survived on a bottle of wine. (Washington Post)

Nearly a dozen Democratic state lawmakers and immigration advocates said they’re wary about committing funds for health coverage for low-income undocumented immigrants. (Politico)

An AI model detected people at the highest risk for pancreatic cancer up to 3 years before diagnosis. (Nature Medicine)

A federal jury sided with Gilead Sciences, saying the U.S. government did not have an ownership claim to the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs the company sold. (New York Times)

The northern Michigan paper mill that recently reported 115 cases of blastomycosis resumed operations after closing for 3 weeks. (AP)

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) called on Congress to bar Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) purchases of soda and junk food. (The Hill)

The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a temporary rule extending telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency through November 11.

Deaths caused by falls in adults 65 and older increased over the past two decades. (JAMA)

A cohort study that followed children in Chicago through adulthood found that 6.46% reported having been shot by age 40, and 50% had seen someone shot. (JAMA Network Open)

In an effort to have her license reinstated, RaDonda Vaught, the former Vanderbilt nurse convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a medication error killed a patient, told a Tennessee court that the state’s board of nursing acted improperly when it revoked her license. (AP)

Two-thirds of U.S. adults said the abortion pill mifepristone (Mifeprex) should stay on the market, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Mifepristone showed no advantage over placebo for male veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, a phase IIb study showed. (JAMA Network Open)

Two transgender children, their parents, and their health providers filed suit saying a Montana law that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth is unconstitutional. (AP)

Genetic material from Neanderthals may have influenced how human noses are shaped. (Communications Biology)

People with obesity who received GLP-1 receptor agonists had improved natural killer cell function, a small study suggested. (Obesity)

The FDA expanded dapagliflozin’s (Farxiga) indication to reduce cardiovascular mortality and heart failure hospitalization risk in a broader range of heart failure patients, AstraZeneca said.

In a New England Journal of Medicine editorial, experts argued for comprehensive long COVID care.

Guinness World Records recognized doctors at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland for detecting the world’s smallest skin cancer spot, a mere 0.65 millimeters in diameter. (Washington Post)