‘The Pitt’ Actor’s Cancer Diagnosis; New HHS Research Plans; Madonna Reveals Injury

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Actor Moshe Kasher of “The Pitt” said he underwent surgery for early oropharyngeal cancer last week. (USA Today)

HHS announced plans to accelerate early clinical research, with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discussing the move in a Fox News opinion article.

The U.S. reported 30 new measles cases in the past week, according to the Yale School of Public Health. Here’s where they were.

Enrollment in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans fell by 5 million people the year after President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies, according to a report from the advocacy group Protect Our Care. (NBC News)

The Lown Institute released its list of the top socially responsible hospitals in the U.S. based on health equity, value of care, and patient outcome performance.

The FDA expanded the indication of afamitresgene autoleucel (Tecelra) to include pediatric patients 12 and older with unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma who received prior chemotherapy and meet eligibility criteria, US WorldMeds announced.

The agency rejected cytisinicline to treat nicotine dependence, citing labeling and third-party manufacturing issues, Achieve Life Sciences said.

Abiomed issued updated use instructions for its Automated Impella Controllers that support heart pumps due to an internal software error; two serious injuries and one death associated with the issue as of April 27, according to an FDA notice.

Tennessee is planning to restrict medical aid to critically ill undocumented children. (Washington Post)

A Bangladesh-based company is using a patent law loophole to offer a generic version of the cystic fibrosis drug elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor (Trikafta) at a fraction of its American price. (New York Times)

Kenya’s health minister was found in contempt of court for not halting the construction of an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans amid an already overstretched healthcare system in the current outbreak. (AP)

Long-term resistance training was associated with a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes in a study of over 140,000 healthcare professionals. (JAMA Network Open)

Artificial intelligence identified evidence of possible severe heart damage in a patient’s electrocardiogram, leading to a heart transplant that saved his life. (New York Times)

Madonna revealed that she has no longer has cartilage in her knee from “dancing for so long in high heels and running on pavement and doing Ashtanga yoga.” (USA Today)

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan died at 100 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. (AP)

Music industry executive and producer Clive Davis died at 94; he had recently been hospitalized with respiratory issues. (The Guardian)