Dolly Parton’s Health Update; RFK Jr.’s New Podcast; Novel Deadly Opioid Class

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Country music icon Dolly Parton cancelled all upcoming Las Vegas shows due to health issues, discussing her kidney stones and other problems, saying “everything I have is treatable.” (AP)

There are now seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases on a cruise ship, and the World Health Organization suspects there was rare human-to-human transmission. Three people have died. (Reuters)

The cruise ship was refused permission to dock, trapping 150 people onboard, two of whom are seriously ill. (NBC News)

Back-and-forth rulings on abortion pill access led to confusion with the drug’s future in limbo. (Axios)

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, 81, is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said. (AP)

Federal enforcement actions against Medicare Advantage plans varied from year to year and included modest fines, raising questions about how well current regulation strategies are working, a cross-sectional analysis in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pivoted to quick health wins ahead of midterms after the White House asked him to steer away from his widely criticized campaign to rewrite U.S. vaccine policy. (Reuters via MSN)

Kennedy’s new podcast featured him talking about food with a reality-TV chef and former professional boxer Mike Tyson, and not about vaccines. (Wired)

FDA insiders described a culture rocked by staff clashes, leadership turmoil, and industry backlash inside the agency under Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH. (Bloomberg via MSN)

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.

Orphines, a new class of synthetic opioids popping up in street drugs in the South and Midwest, are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl and can’t be detected by standard toxicology tests. (New York Times)

The Trump administration’s changes to the immigration process drove foreign researchers away from jobs in the U.S. (STAT)

UnitedHealth Group said it will cut back the number of procedures that require prior authorizations by 30%.

States are looking to help distressed hospitals on the verge of financial collapse survive Medicaid cuts. (KFF Health News)

The Zambian government said it’s opposed to the U.S. attempt to tie health funding to access to critical minerals as well as some data sharing expectations. (Reuters via MSN)

Here’s what is known — and not known — about marijuana’s health effects. (Scientific American)