Fla. Hospitals Evacuate; Man Charged in Indian Doctor’s Death; Life Expectancy Limit

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Hospitals in Florida have begun plans to evacuate in preparation for Hurricane Milton, the second major hurricane in two weeks. (Fierce Healthcare)

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris will announce her plan for a Medicare home care benefit. (The Hill)

The FDA authorized the first at-home dual flu and COVID antigen test outside of emergency use authorities.

A man who allegedly raped and murdered a doctor in India, which sparked widespread protests, was charged by the police. (CBS News)

California may have a third human case of bird flu, also in the Central Valley among someone in contact with infected dairy cattle. (KRCR)

New nightmare unlocked: there’s a tick that makes some farmers allergic to their own livestock. (The Atlantic)

West Virginians will vote on whether to prohibit physician-assisted death. (MetroNews)

The Georgia Supreme Court halted a ruling that struck down the state’s near-total abortion ban. (ABC7)

A compounding group sued the FDA for removing tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) from the shortage list. (Reuters)

Chicago concertgoers may have been exposed to potentially rabid bats and the public health department encouraged bitten or scratched attendees to talk to their healthcare provider. (NBC News)

While humans live longer now than ever before, improvements overall in life expectancy have decelerated since 1990. (Nature Aging)

Neo-Tee T-Piece resuscitators were recalled by Mercury Medical because of the risk of inline controller detachment, which could cause serious injury or death.

Long-term brainstem changes associated with inflammation were seen on 7T MRI in people who had been hospitalized with severe COVID-19 early in the pandemic. (Brain)

Panera Bread reached a wrongful death settlement with the family of a 21-year-old student who died after drinking its now-discontinued charged lemonade last year. (USA Today)

Grammy-winning singer Cissy Houston — Whitney Houston’s mom — died at age 91 while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease. (ABC News)

This Palestinian doctor has worked and slept at a Gaza hospital nearly every day for a year. (Al Jazeera)

A nurse now works in the same neonatal intensive care unit that once saved her life as an infant. (KUTV)