Cheddar Cheese Recall; Army Doc Pleads Guilty; Physician Lobbies Against RFK Jr.

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Two types of Wicklow Gold cheddar cheese sold in five states were recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, Abbey Specialty Foods said.

CMS reported record enrollment in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, with 24 million people signing up already.

France reported its first case of the new clade Ib variant of mpox. (France 24)

House Speaker Mike Johnson promised no cuts to Medicare to fund president-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. (ABC News)

Meanwhile, Trump is weighing an executive order to protect gas-powered stoves and heaters from regulators who want to phase them out due to their link with respiratory conditions, sources said. (Reuters via MSN)

An Army doctor pleaded guilty in military court to sexually assaulting dozens of male patients. (New York Times)

As his tenure comes to a close, the U.S. Surgeon General issued his parting prescription for the country, recommending that Americans cultivate health and fulfillment by rebuilding community.

Police and military officials believe the man who may be responsible for exploding a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas had post-traumatic stress disorder and used ChatGPT in his planning. (PBS, AP)

Here’s what social media is like for people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. (The Atlantic)

Researchers estimated that sugar-sweetened beverages led to 2.2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of cardiovascular disease globally each year. (Nature Medicine)

Hawaii’s Democratic governor and practicing physician Josh Green, MD, visited Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Green penned an essay saying that based on his experience in Samoa, “our children’s lives depend” on vaccines. (Fox News, New York Times)

Amy Acton, MD, Ohio’s health director during the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to run for governor in the state. (Cleveland.com)

The Department of Defense agreed to settle a historic lawsuit with LGBTQ+ veterans that could give them access to VA benefits and honorable discharge papers as early as this summer. (NPR)

U.K. hospitals declared a “critical incident” due to rising cases of flu and other respiratory illness, with some patients facing waits of up to 50 hours at an emergency unit. (BBC)

In new draft guidance for anti-obesity drug development, the FDA set an efficacy threshold of 5% weight loss over a year for future products. (EndpointsNews)

Variant Biotech in Seattle used genetic information from indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes and will share revenues with those who donated their genes. (New York Times)

Peter Yarrow, of the folk music trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, died at age 86 of bladder cancer. (New York Times)