Fauci Slams ‘Lowlife’ Trolls; More Superbugs; Celine Dion’s Stiff-Person Syndrome

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In a BBC interview, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, took a swipe at the “lowlife” trolls harassing his wife and children. (Washington Post)

Congress passed a defense bill that repeals the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops. (New York Times)

Over 80% of hospital beds across the country are full, though driven mostly by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu rather than COVID. (CNN)

As a result of the looming “triple-demic” this winter, New York health officials are once again recommending indoor masking in schools. (CBS News)

A federal program offers rural hospitals at risk of closing a difficult choice: more than $3 million a year in support, but with the caveat that they eliminate inpatient care. (New York Times)

Indiana doctor Caitlin Bernard, MD, dropped a lawsuit that aimed to stop the state’s attorney general from investigating her for an abortion she provided to an 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio. (AP)

Dexcom’s next-generation Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring system was cleared by the FDA for people age 2 years and up with any type of diabetes.

Meanwhile, the very first oral diabetes medication for cats, the SGLT2 inhibitor bexagliflozin (Bexacat), was approved by the FDA.

The World Health Organization said the number of bacterial infections resistant to last-resort antibiotics grew in 2020.

Fears over the spread of COVID are growing in China as the nation rolls back some of its tough “zero-COVID” policies. (Reuters)

Connecticut-based contract testing lab Valisure was hit with a letter from the FDA citing a slew of analytical testing issues. (Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society)

Advocates for mentally ill New Yorkers are asking a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order on New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to involuntary detain people on the streets with mental illness, saying it would violate constitutional rights. (New York Times)

All South Koreans are set to become a year younger. (Washington Post)

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, called on Congress to authorize the agency to collect more public health data. (STAT)

Monkeypox and Roe v. Wade made the list of 2022’s most Googled current events. (NPR)

Scientists are hoping donated vagina tissue on a silicone chip could speed up treatments for bacterial vaginosis. (New York Times)

A Class I recall — the most serious type — was issued for certain DNA/RNA preservation kits used to test for viruses after they were distributed without the FDA’s permission, the agency said.

Several states — including Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, and Mississippi — are tossing around the idea of providing a year of continuous health coverage to new mothers enrolled in Medicaid. (Montana Free Press)

A hospital system in Kentucky is set to shell out $4.4 million to settle a civil suit claiming its lack of accurate recordkeeping allowed a pharmacy technician to divert 60,000 doses of opioids. (ABC News)

Singer Céline Dion recently opened up about her diagnosis of the rare neurological condition, stiff-person syndrome. (CNN)

Due to quality issues, the FDA is pausing import of several drugs manufactured by Sun Pharma at its Halol, India plant. (Endpoints News)