CDC’s Carrot Warning; New Mpox Strain in the U.S.; DEA Extends Telehealth Rules

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Organic carrots sold at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and other stores have been linked to 39 cases of E. coli across 18 states, according to the CDC; 15 people have been hospitalized and one person is dead.

California health officials announced the first U.S. case of the clade I strain of mpox in a person who recently travelled from Africa.

Oregon’s first human case of bird flu has been confirmed, the state’s public health department announced. A total of 52 H5N1 cases have been reported in humans, according to CDC’s tracker.

Great Barrington Declaration author Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, who advocated for ending COVID lockdowns to accelerate herd immunity, is now a top candidate to lead the NIH, the Washington Post reported.

Texas may follow in Louisiana’s footsteps and classify abortion medications as controlled substances. (Mother Jones)

Some pregnant women are being asked to prepay for their deliveries. (KFF Health News)

Police say a woman who posed as a nurse and treated patients in California hospitals has been arrested. (Fox News)

State regulators ordered a Texas medical school to stop liquefying bodies after using them for training and research. (NBC News)

Is consumption of McDonald’s and Coke part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan for “Making American Healthy Again”? (Newsweek)

The nominee for HHS Secretary has promised to take on Big Food, but that could clash with Republicans’ ties to the industry. (New York Times)

Experts agree with Kennedy that America has a childhood chronic disease crisis but say it’s not caused by two of his favorite targets: vaccines and fluoride. (New York Times)

Meanwhile, a city in Florida voted to remove fluoride from their drinking water, citing Kennedy’s views. (The Hill)

And global health experts sounded the alarm on Kennedy’s anti-vaccine rhetoric, citing the deadly 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa. (Washington Post)

Kennedy has also made false or misleading claims about GLP-1 drugs. (CNN)

The Drug Enforcement Administration extended pandemic-era telehealth prescribing of controlled substances like buprenorphine and Adderall through 2025. (STAT)

The FDA alerted healthcare workers over the risk of silicone entering the patient with HemoPro Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting Systems; there have been 17 reports of serious injury related to the issue.

A phase III study of a low-dose atropine drug-device for progressive myopia in kids is not meeting its primary endpoint; developer Eyenovia plans to terminate the trial.

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