Paul Pelosi’s Skull Surgery; Abortions Fall 6%; States Track Student Athlete Periods

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Paul Pelosi, the husband of House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), had surgery to repair a skull fracture and other injuries, after being attacked by a man with a hammer in the the couple’s San Francisco home; doctors expect a full recovery. (The Hill)

Abortions fell 6% in the 2 months since Roe v. Wade was overturned. (New York Times)

For this early in the season, hospitalizations due to flu are now the highest in a decade, according to CDC data. (ABC News)

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is reporting longer wait times in the emergency department due to a surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases. (TribLIVE)

Here’s how to recognize, test for, and treat RSV. (New York Times)

A ProPublica/Vanity Fair investigation turns up more clues regarding the origins of COVID-19, revealing “secrets that were hiding in plain sight.”

As of Monday at 8:00 a.m. ET, the unofficial COVID toll in the U.S. reached 97,450,667 cases and 1,070,268 deaths, increases of 252,037 cases and 2,582 deaths since this time a week ago.

Physicians in some states may share data related to students’ menstrual cycles with school districts, state officials, and other third parties, which has some doctors worried in the post-Dobbs era, writes emergency physician Megan Ranney, MD. (CNN)

Heading into the midterms, three in five American voters say abortion should be legal, but only 48% say it will affect their decision at the polls, according to an ABC News-Ipsos poll.

Some physicians are pushing back on Katie Couric’s efforts to advocate for supplemental screening for breast cancer. (Kaiser Health News)

The wait list for psychiatric services this summer at Massachusetts General Hospital was so long that the hospital couldn’t keep up. (Washington Post)

The FDA rejected bulevirtide for treating adults with hepatitis delta virus infection and compensated liver disease, Gilead said.

Poliovirus genetically linked to the Rockland County, New York patient has now been found in five surrounding counties in the state. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Meanwhile, the expected increase in acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) — a polio-like illness in kids — never materialized this year, a surprise that left researchers perplexed given a summer surge in the enterovirus linked to AFM. (STAT)

More than 150 people died from a crowd surge at a Halloween party in the streets of Seoul, South Korea; the affected area was so packed that emergency workers struggled to reach victims quickly. (Politico)

In his memoir, Matthew Perry questions whether the anonymous part of Alcoholics Anonymous exacerbates stigma around substance misuse. (USA Today)