Mass Shooters’ Common Traits; FDA to Let Gay Men Give Blood; Restaurant Health Fee?

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FDA advisors recommended completely phasing out the original monovalent COVID-19 vaccines in favor of the updated bivalent shots, and also weighed in on the agency’s plan for annual COVID-19 boosters. (CNN)

Nearly all mass attackers were male and experienced at least one significant stressor in the past 5 years, according to a U.S. Secret Service analysis of 173 incidents in recent years.

The FDA will soon allow gay men in monogamous relationships to donate blood, according to draft guidelines released by the agency.

A federal judge curbed Florida’s probe of medical societies — including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Endocrine Society, and others — which started after the societies came out in support of families suing the state over its ban on Medicaid spending for gender-affirming medical care. (Washington Post)

The FBI disrupted the network of ransomware gang Hive, known for targeting hospitals and other healthcare networks, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Some of the top reasons medical school applicants get rejected. (U.S. News & World Report)

Rural Americans and those living in less-populated metropolitan areas were less likely to meet the mark on 2020’s physical activity guidelines. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

While multiple surveillance systems appeared to rule out a risk of stroke in older adults who received Pfizer’s updated COVID booster, which had been detected in one safety system, the CDC says it’s still looking into any potential link. (Reuters)

How savvy is your basic abortion knowledge? (NPR)

The FDA hit a South Florida hospital with a warning letter over concerning human studies being conducted. (Endpoints News)

And the agency designed a Class I recall on Emergent’s skin decontamination kits for chemical warfare agents.

Meanwhile, Sanofi announced that sutimlimab (Enjaymo) received an expanded label to also include the treatment of hemolysis in adults with cold agglutinin disease without a history of transfusions.

And Abbott said its Proclaim XR spinal cord stimulation system picked up an indication to treat painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

The World Health Organization has updated its list of critical medicines stockpiled in the event of a nuclear emergency.

Pennsylvania slapped a statewide limit on the levels of PFAS — a.k.a. forever chemicals — in drinking water. (ABC 27)

In Virginia, Democrats in the Senate thwarted several bills that would have limited abortion access across the state, including a proposed ban after 15 weeks with exceptions. (AP)

Death row inmates sued the Texas prison system saying its policy of mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement prior to execution causes severe psychological and physical harm. (AP)

Some Medicaid dollars will now go toward treating California inmates for things like substance use and mental health, said the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (AP)

An Italian restaurant in California made headlines for charging customers a 5% fee to cover the staff’s healthcare costs. (Today)