Missing RN Found Dead; Egg-Linked Salmonella Outbreak; World’s Oldest Med Student?

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The body of Melissa Jubane, 32, an Oregon nurse reported missing last week, was found. Police arrested and charged a neighbor with her murder. (NBC)

The Biden administration issued a final rule to improve access to mental health and substance abuse care. (Reuters)

Dozens of hikers and campers on a Hawaii hiking trail became ill due to a rare occurrence of norovirus, according to state officials. (New York Times)

And a Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs that sickened 65 people in nine states triggered a recall, according to the CDC.

The mother of a teenager suspected of killing four people at Apalachee High School in Georgia called to warn a school counselor before the incident occurred. (WCVB5)

Women spoke out about the decline in care quality in maternity wards at two hospitals in England. (BBC)

Here’s what doctors and public health workers are doing to combat record-high syphilis rates . (NBC News)

A 70-year-old retired executive, Toh Hong Keng, made history as one of the world’s oldest students to graduate medical school. (CNN)

A Missouri judge ruled that an abortion rights amendment failed to meet the legal criteria to be eligible for the November ballot. (AP)

A cross-sectional study suggested that cancer cases in the U.S. continued to be underdiagnosed in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. (JAMA Network Open)

And a study of pediatric hospitals in 27 states suggested the likelihood of low-value care grew as some measures of the childhood opportunity index increased. (Pediatrics)

The U.S. is ramping up its response to a new strain of the mpox virus, boosting testing and surveillance and seeking to ensure greater vaccine access, senior administration officials said. (Reuters)

Many medical residents across the U.S. left conservatives states to train in abortion procedures following the Dobb’s decision. Here’s one resident’s story. (Politico)

A hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, went into lockdown Friday following an “external threat by an outside caller,” but resumed regular operations the same day, after police arrested the suspect. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The New York City Fire Department has had more first responders die from 9/11- related diseases than on the day of the attack. (Gothamist)

CMS and the Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying Medicare enrollees of a potential data breach tied to MOVEit software.

A phase III trial of mepolizumab (Nucala), a monoclonal antibody that targets interleukin-5 in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), yielded positive results, GSK announced.

In India, where mammogram equipment is in short supply, blind women play a vital role in detecting possible breast cancers. (NPR)