Europe’s Heat-Related Deaths; Takeda Pulls Dengue Drug; Surgeon Murdered at Clinic

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More than 61,000 Europeans died in the summer of 2022 from heat-related illnesses, with Italy having the highest number of fatalities at 18,000 deaths, researchers found. (Nature Medicine)

Older Californians are being recruited for Alzheimer’s drug trials, but do they understand what they’re signing up for? (Los Angeles Times)

Melanoma is more deadly in Black men than in their white counterparts, and Black men get it in unexpected places like fingernails and the bottom of their feet, a study showed. (Washington Post)

Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) objection to military families being able to travel out of state for abortions left the Marine Corps without a commandant. (NPR)

Mental health respite facilities help filled gaps in mental healthcare in some states. (KFF Health News)

Incyte’s ruxolitinib cream (Opzelura) met its primary endpoint in a phase III trial for children with atopic dermatitis, the company said.

Meanwhile, in other drug development news, Takeda withdrew its application to FDA for approval of a dengue fever vaccine. (STAT)

Benjamin Mauck, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, was fatally shot inside a clinic near Memphis, Tennessee, and a suspect was arrested minutes later, police said. (CBS News)

A new policy reportedly instructed staff at Boston Medical Center to send away migrant families seeking shelter in the hospital lobby. (Boston 25 News)

James Lewis, a suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, is dead at 76. (NPR)

Is kombucha good for you? (Washington Post)

Former E! News correspondent Maria Menounos showed off her pancreatic cancer surgery scars. (People)

Ralph Baric, PhD, one of the first scientists to warn about the emerging COVID-19 virus and a proponent of the lab leak theory, discussed what he thinks might be next on the pandemic front. (Time)