Weight Loss Drugs and Suicide; Air Monitor Detects COVID; Fecal Bacteria at Beaches

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The European Medicines Agency is investigating weight loss and diabetes drugs semaglutide (Ozempic) and liraglutide (Saxenda) over reports of suicidal thoughts. (NBC News)

Pharmacy claims data showed most patients prescribed popular weight-loss drugs like semaglutide (Wegovy) ceased within a year. (Reuters)

Personal information for potentially tens of millions of HCA Healthcare patients was stolen and listed for sale by hackers. (CNBC)

The FDA is allowing more cancer drugs to be imported from China amid ongoing shortages. (Bloomberg)

Shares of Novavax jumped nearly 30% after Canada agreed to pay the company $350 million for unused COVID- 19 vaccine doses. (CNBC)

And a team of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis reported in Nature Communications that they have developed an air monitor that can detect COVID-19. (Forbes)

Could an old drug offer a new way to combat sexually transmitted infections? (NPR)

States are scrutinizing nonprofit hospitals’ charity spending as they receive big tax breaks. (KFF Health News)

Iowa is set to consider a 6-week abortion ban. (ABC News)

Jurors were urged to impose heavy punitive damages in a trial over Johnson & Johnson talc products and cancer. (Reuters)

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times in federal prison. (AP)

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy tied to her blood testing startup, saw her scheduled prison time reduced by 2 years. (Business Insider)

Doctors are seeing an uptick in kidney stones among children and teens, especially among girls, but they’re not sure why. (NBC News)

Dozens of beaches across the Northeast were temporarily closed to swimmers after fecal bacteria that could pose a threat to swimmers were detected in the water. (ABC News)

And the problem may extend to other parts of the country: some 90% of Texas beaches reportedly tested positive for fecal bacteria at least one day last year. (Dallas Morning News)

Rising temperatures could mean life or death for farmworkers without federal heat protections. (NPR)

A team of scientists in Japan is continuing work on an experimental tooth-growing drug. (Gizmodo)