Listeria in Ice Cream? Docs Treat Highland Park Victims; Florida’s Snail Problem

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A listeria outbreak that has sickened people across 10 states has been linked to Big Olaf Creamery brand ice cream, the CDC said.

Physicians at Highland Park Hospital in Illinois described the “surreal” experience of treating more than two dozen victims of Monday’s mass shooting at a July 4th parade, which left at least six people dead. (CBS News Chicago, AP)

A trio of major drug distributors are not responsible for fueling an opioid epidemic in West Virginia, a federal judge ruled. (Reuters)

Speaking of opioids, crowdsourced data on overdoses can pinpoint where to help. (Kaiser Health News)

The Texas Supreme Court blocked a lower-court order that had temporarily allowed abortions in the state to resume. (Washington Post)

Omicron’s ultra-contagious BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are fueling new spread across California. (Los Angeles Times)

And in Washington state, people in six counties should start masking indoors in public and on public transportation again, according to CDC recommendations. (AP)

As of Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID toll reached 87,751,359 infections and 1,018,268 deaths, increases of 274,537 and 1,841, respectively, since Friday morning.

Expected in the fall, will the updated booster shots targeting Omicron arrive too late? (New York Times)

The pandemic has disturbed respiratory virus dynamics. (Lancet Respiratory Medicine)

Experts fear a rise in maternal mortality post-Roe. (Axios)

And myths about abortion and women’s mental health are widespread, according to experts. (CNN)

The fall of Roe could affect access to abortions around the world. (The Hill)

HHS has ordered an additional 2.5 million doses of the Jynneos monkeypox/smallpox vaccine.

Using artificial intelligence, health insurers are developing targeted messages to improve health, but will patients listen to them? (Wall Street Journal)

Meal-kit service Daily Harvest is facing another lawsuit from an individual who says they had their gallbladder removed after consuming the company’s product. (CNN)

A Florida county is under quarantine due to a fast-growing population of invasive giant African land snails. The snails carry the rat lungworm parasite, which can cause meningitis. (CNN)

FDA issued an alert advising parents of infants to stop using homemade infant formula from Plug Heist Trap House, noting that homemade infant formulas have not been evaluated for safety and may lack nutrients vital to an infant’s growth.

In Ontario, wait times for hospital admission from the emergency department have reached record levels, representing a system-wide crisis. (Toronto Star)

Multiple crises face Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s global health office. (Politico)