ICE Chief Hospitalized; Metastatic Colon Cancer at Age 26; TENS for Fibromyalgia

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Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was hospitalized twice over stress-related issues in the past 7 months and is often shouted at during morning calls by Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, Politico reported.

Sources said the White House is again seeking to slash the NIH budget, this time by 20% for fiscal year 2027. (Roll Call)

STAT looked at the top challenges awaiting the next CDC director.

Here’s what would happen over the next quarter century if people lost access to polio, measles, rubella, and diphtheria vaccines. (ProPublica)

Republicans in Congress are considering reductions in federal health spending to help fund the war in Iran. (Axios)

Meanwhile, the Iran conflict has stalled shipments of emergency cholera aid meant for Africa. (Reuters)

Is nominee Casey Means, MD, unqualified to be the next surgeon general? That’s the case being made by Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, the man who held the position during President Trump’s first term. (Washington Post)

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education dropped a requirement that medical students learn about health inequities. (STAT)

CBS News tells the story of a Pennsylvania man who was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer 4 years ago, at age 26, and the symptoms he missed.

The water utility in Birmingham, Alabama, stopped fluoridating the drinking water in most of its plants years ago, but it never told residents. (NBC News)

Maryland ob/gyn Valinda Nwadike, MD, MPH, agreed to pay over $500,000 to resolve allegations she was involved in a scheme involving unnecessary prescriptions for medications and creams that was designed to defraud Medicare and TRICARE, the Department of Justice announced.

More than 140 measles cases were reported in West Texas this year, with most linked to an outbreak at a detention center housing immigrants. (Fox 7 Austin)

Axios looked at how different surrogacy laws are from one state to the next.

From sleep apnea to kidney disease, the Washington Post examined 13 possible health benefits of GLP-1 receptor agonists.

Renowned diabetes researcher Jesse Roth, MD, best known for his research on cell surface receptors, died at age 91. (New York Times)

The nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation sued CMS to seek records about the pilot program using artificial intelligence in prior authorization requests for Medicare.

Social media doesn’t need to be so addictive for teens, and researchers have some ideas. (NPR)

A randomized trial found that adding 2 months of daily transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to physical therapy helped reduce movement-related pain in fibromyalgia. (JAMA Network Open)

Researchers fully mapped the network of nerves in the clitoris. (The Guardian)

A cohort study from Denmark and Sweden raised concerns about severe relapses after treatment discontinuation in women with psychotic disorders during pregnancy. (JAMA Network Open)