Moose Visits Clinic; Starbucks Stomach Complaints; Execs Charged Over Bum Lead Tests

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How would you get a moose out of your medical facility? (Anchorage Daily News)

The World Health Organization’s leader said the COVID emergency will likely be lifted at some point this year. (Reuters)

Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed into law a so-called abortion-trafficking bill, making it illegal for an adult to help a minor obtain an abortion without parental consent. (AP via USA Today)

The Community Oncology Alliance has called on HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to withdraw an FAQ document that interprets mailing or delivering oral cancer drugs as a violation of the Stark law that prohibits self-referral.

Too much sugar increased the risk of dozens of health problems, according to a large meta-analysis of published literature. (The BMJ)

Starbucks customers are complaining of stomach issues from the company’s new olive-oil infused coffee. (NBC News)

The CDC said that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has largely returned to its normal seasonal variation that was disrupted by COVID, although off-season circulation may still occur. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Still reeling from a crisis over the city’s water supply, officials in Jackson, Mississippi, now have a garbage collection crisis to deal with. (NBC News)

Sectors of the healthcare and chemical industries are warning that the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to reduce pollution from ethylene oxide, used for sterilization, could disrupt the supply of safe medical equipment. (Washington Post)

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in an ongoing case related to a West Virginia law that bans transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports. (NPR)

The Biden administration proposed a Title IX rule change that would allow schools to block some transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that match their gender identities but prevent schools from enacting across-the-board bans. (New York Times)

A Maine woman has sued a school district, alleging a counselor aided the social gender transition of the woman’s teenager without parental consent. (AP)

Concerns about affordable healthcare and drug use continue to gain on Americans’ economic worries, according to a new survey. (The Hill)

Three former executives of Massachusetts-based Magellan Diagnostics face charges of wire fraud and other crimes for allegedly intentionally marketing faulty lead-testing devices. (CBS News)

Lawyers for cancer patients vowed to fight a proposed $8.9 billion settlement between Johnson & Johnson and claimants who blamed the company’s talc-containing products for their cancer. (Bloomberg Law)

The FDA added quinacrine hydrochloride to the list of bulk drug products that may be used in compounding to produce drugs for cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

The late rapper Coolio, best known for “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died of a fentanyl overdose, according to the Los Angeles County coroner. (AP via ABC News)

A sharp rise in COVID-19 cases prompted the Indian government to ask states to increase testing. (Reuters)

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