Fatal Hospital Shooting; ‘Long Vax’ Cases Emerge; Transplant Screening Under Fire

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A man suspected of domestic violence fatally shot a police officer in an Indiana hospital Monday, and then was killed by other officers, according to authorities. (AP)

About three-quarters — 77.5% — of Americans 16 or older had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from prior infection by the end of 2022, according to updated CDC data.

Rare cases of lingering symptoms that may be related to COVID-19 vaccines — called “long vax” by some — can resemble long COVID. (Science)

Madonna is improving and still under medical care, according to her friend Rosie O’Donnell. Meanwhile, social media accounts have tried to link the pop star’s recent hospitalization with COVID-19 vaccines. (Fox News; Forbes)

Surgeon, author, and breast health advocate Susan Love, MD, died at age 75 from a recurrence of leukemia. (New York Times)

State medical cannabis laws were not associated with less use of opioid or non-opioid pain treatments, according to insurance claims data. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) gave Buckeye Transplant Services, a major company that evaluates organs for potential recipients, until July 19 to comply with its demands on the use of transplant data. (Washington Post)

There’s no consensus about how psychedelic drugs work, experts maintained. (STAT)

Researchers identified the first case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a female professional athlete, an Australian rules football player who died by suicide at age 28. (New York Times)

Naloxone is being studied to treat chronic fatigue in long COVID. (News 5 Cleveland)

Older, frail patients had a one-in-three chance of surviving perioperative CPR. (JAMA Network Open)

Artwork by a former nurse depicting what pandemic medical staff went through is now displayed in U.K. hospitals. (BBC News)

Ten sets of twins were delivered and are being cared for at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles at the same time. (NBC Los Angeles)

Women with endometriosis had a lower first live birth rate before their disease was surgically verified. (Human Reproduction)

With the FDA’s decision on full approval of lecanemab (Leqembi) for early Alzheimer’s disease expected this week, the Financial Times looked at how a Swedish start-up reignited a search for the drug.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post examined the hopes and risks that full approval of lecanemab might bring.

The FDA rejected IPX203, an extended-release formulation of levodopa and carbidopa for Parkinson’s disease, due to inadequate carbidopa safety data, Amneal Pharmaceuticals said.

The longevity factor klotho enhanced cognition in aged nonhuman primates. (Nature Aging)

What if the hospital billing department had to pay patients? (The New Yorker)