Judge Stops Puberty-Blocker Ban; ‘Women’s Blood on Their Hands’; New SIDS Biomarker?

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A federal judge blocked provisions of a new Alabama law that make it a felony for doctors to prescribe hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to transgender youth, but upheld a ban on sex-change operations. (New York Times)

Across the U.S., hundreds of protests were held over the weekend in support of abortion rights, following the leaked Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade penned by Justice Samuel Alito. (NBC News)

The Lancet editors weighed in on the leaked opinion, declaring that “Justices who vote to strike down Roe will not succeed in ending abortion, they will only succeed in ending safe abortion. Alito and his supporters will have women’s blood on their hands.”

Meanwhile, Oklahoma’s controversial abortion law may have a significant loophole: tribal lands. (Politico)

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) says he suffered a “minor stroke” on Sunday. (Politico)

And Pennsylvania’s Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), who is running for the U.S. Senate, shared that he had a stroke on Friday. (ABC News)

People vaccinated against COVID-19 but with breakthrough Omicron cases had a strong immune response to a range of variants, according to two studies. (Bloomberg)

As of Monday at 8 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID toll was 82,531,297 cases and 1,000,872 deaths, increases of 604,270 and 12,064, respectively, versus this time a week ago.

Why is Australia’s COVID death rate 10 times lower than that of the U.S.? In a word, trust. (New York Times)

The gunman who engaged in a racist attack that killed 10 people in Buffalo had received a mental health evaluation after making a threat on his high school last year. (Reuters)

Senators are expected to release FDA legislation this week that will include new provisions aimed at reforming the agency’s regulation of dietary supplements, cosmetics, and some lab-based tests. (STAT)

The nation’s baby formula shortage has stirred a flood of interest in milk banks. (AP)

Researchers have found a blood biomarker that may help to single out babies at risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). (CNN)

One million children have now received at least one dose of the malaria vaccine authorized by the World Health Organization last fall. (NPR)

Two people in the U.K. have been diagnosed with monkeypox, according to the U.K. Health Security Agency.

FDA announced a recall of certain gummy versions of Skittles, Starburst, and Life Savers candies “due to the potential presence of a very thin metal strand embedded in the gummies or loose in the bag.”

NIH-funded institutions will be required to report grantees who have been disciplined for harassment to the agency. (Science)