Monkeypox in Daycare; Hundreds of New Polio Cases? Senate Bill Lower Drug Prices

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A person working at an Illinois daycare center tested positive for monkeypox, setting off concerns about potential transmission to children who may be more vulnerable to the virus. (Washington Post)

President Biden got the go-ahead to end isolation following a second negative COVID test on Sunday, his physician said.

Hundreds of people may have polio in New York state based on signals in wastewater surveillance according to health department officials. (CBS News)

Officials in the U.S. are trying to determine whether a dose-sparing strategy against monkeypox would ultimately help or harm at-risk individuals. (New York Times)

The Senate passed a massive budget bill on Sunday that would allow Medicare to negotiate the price of certain drugs, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, and tackle greenhouse gas emissions. (CNN)

Lost in final negotiations: a $45 price cap on insulin. (Washington Post)

Pro-abortion groups and major employers voiced dismay after Indiana enacted a ban on abortions, the first state to do so since the Supreme Court reversed the Roe v. Wade decision in late June. (NPR)

As of Monday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll reached 92,113,114 cases and 1,033,557 deaths, increases of 796,466 and 3,631, respectively, since this time a week ago.

Medical staff administering monkeypox tests in Tel Aviv asked to be vaccinated after a physician was infected while handling a sample. (The Times of Israel)

Meanwhile, the monkeypox outbreak in the U.K. appears to be tapering off, but health officials warn against complacency. (The Guardian)

Two physicians question whether routinely excluding pregnant women and children from vaccine trials actually makes vulnerable patients more vulnerable. (The Atlantic)

A Democratic Florida prosecutor who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for threatening not to enforce the state’s 15-week abortion ban has pledged to fight the suspension. (AP News)

Can the Kansas abortion-rights victory lead the way for other states? (The New Yorker)

A new House-passed bill to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities may have unintended consequences, worries one Democratic lawmaker. (Politico)

A patient recounts her nightmare journey through the U.S. healthcare system, including an insurer’s denial of surgery to reverse sudden-onset hearing loss after a COVID-19 infection. (Daily Beast)

And the FDA gave the greenlight to darolutamide (Nubeqa) tablets to be used in combination with docetaxel in adults with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.