FDA Allows Chemo Imports from China; TB Patient Jailed; ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lawsuit

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FDA will temporarily allow a Chinese drugmaker to import the chemotherapy drug cisplatin into the U.S. to help mitigate a cancer drug shortage. (CNN)

Meanwhile, the agency revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the company’s request.

A Washington state woman with tuberculosis who chose not to isolate or receive treatment has been placed in jail where she will receive treatment. (ABC 15 News)

Texas passed a law prohibiting gender affirming care for minors, the largest state to do so. (The Hill)

Meanwhile transgender adults in Florida say a similar ban focused mainly on treatment for children has impinged on their access. (AP)

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose acknowledged that a proposal to make the state constitution more difficult to amend is “100%” in response to efforts to make abortion a constitutional right. (ABC News5)

AI leaders likened the risk of future artificial intelligence systems to that of pandemics and nuclear wars in an open letter. (New York Times)

Nurses and other healthcare workers from overseas say they were trapped in U.S. jobs and faced massive financial penalties if they quit. (NBC News)

A software glitch led to 400 patients of cancer screening company Grail being sent letters warning they may have cancer. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Officials in California are accelerating efforts to track the spread of xylazine, also known as tranq. (KFF Health News)

States are suing 3M and DuPont over allegations of toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. (CNBC)

No one knows how many LGBTQ Americans die by suicide each year, but death investigators in Utah are trying to find answers. (New York Times)

Health officials reported a case of measles in Montgomery, Maryland — a first for the state since 2019. (Washington Post)

Tanzania declared the end of its first outbreak of Marburg, according to the World Health Organization. (Reuters)

The FDA warned that there are no prescription or over-the-counter medications to treat molluscum and that self-diagnosis and treatment can be harmful.

The agency offered more information about a recall of certain Philips Respironics ventilators, BiPAP machines, and CPAP machines, acknowledging 40 deaths this year.

The FDA also set a limit for how much inorganic arsenic is allowable in apple juice.