Kate Middleton’s Post-Cancer Change; VA Clinic Shooting; 867-5309 Helpline

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Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, said her relationship with alcohol changed after her cancer diagnosis in 2024. (USA Today)

A Veterans Affairs employee was airlifted to a nearby hospital after being shot at a Georgia VA clinic Tuesday. The suspect was killed by officers. (AP)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on Senate health committee chair Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), to hold a hearing about the “dangerous misinformation campaign” led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claims vaccines and autism are linked. (The Hill)

Only 60% of Americans trust the government’s vaccination recommendations for children and 70% have little or no trust in health information from Kennedy, according to the Axios-Ipsos American Health Index.

The South Carolina health department said its measles outbreak rose by one case since Friday, bringing the total to 997.

The U.S. reported 121 new measles cases in the past week, according to the Yale School of Public Health. Here’s where they were.

Some cases in the fatal meningitis outbreak in Kent, England, are group B meningococcal disease, U.K. officials said.

At 9.9% in 2024, cigarette smoking among U.S. adults has dipped to a historic low. (STAT)

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said his heart stopped beating during his near-fatal stroke in 2022. (Politics PA)

Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz may put U.S. generic drug prescriptions at risk. (CNBC)

The FDA rejected investigational reproxalap for dry eye disease, citing a “lack of substantial evidence,” Aldeyra Therapeutics said.

The Federal Trade Commission stopped the proposed merger of Lensar and Alcon, two leading cataract-surgery device makers, over competitive concerns.

Slate took a look at private equity in medicine.

Google is partnering with CMS to allow consumers to store personal medical records on the Fitbit app. (Barron’s)

Confidential U.K. Biobank health records were exposed online, an investigation by The Guardian showed.

Seven digits made famous by a Tommy Tutone hit — 867-5309 — now direct callers to a cancer helpline, the nonprofit Cancer Support Community announced.

From 2017 to 2024, cumulative mentions of kratom in clinical notes of hospitalized patients at Mass General Brigham increased an average of 14.9% per year. (JAMA Network Open)

A low-use wrist-strap physical restraint strategy did not improve coma-free or delirium-free days compared with a high-use strategy in a trial of intensive care patients on mechanical ventilation. (JAMA)

More than 23,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses plan to participate in a 1-day strike in Northern California today over Kaiser’s use of artificial intelligence. (San Francisco Chronicle)

A vote from 10,000 Teamsters nurses at nine hospitals in Michigan authorized a strike against Corewell Health East. (CBS News)

A former nurse at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Oregon sued the health system, claiming her supervisors retaliated against her after she warned that the hospital risked running out of blood needed for critically injured patients. (Oregon Live)

A Florida hospital sued a patient who reportedly was discharged 5 months ago but refused to leave. (USA Today)

Progress to reduce the number of child deaths has slowed, the World Health Organization said, with 4.9 million children globally dying before the age of 5 in 2024.