New GLP-1 Concern; FDA Sued by Health Groups; Over 750 Dead in Ebola Outbreak

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A preprint study flagged signals of frailty in seniors taking the GLP-1 drug tirzepatide (Zepbound) for weight loss. (Reuters via Yahoo!)

The House passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. (CBS News)

Taco Bell said that health officials have not confirmed that any of the chain’s products are linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands. (Reuters via AOL)

A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said. (AP)

NPR previewed the Wednesday Senate confirmation hearing of Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, President Trump’s pick for CDC director. Check back this afternoon for MedPage Today‘s coverage.

The Federal Trade Commission said CVS Caremark settled a lawsuit alleging the pharmacy benefit manager artificially inflated the price of insulin and impeded access to the treatment.

In other legal news, public health groups and the American Academy of Pediatrics sued the FDA, arguing that a new agency policy allows some manufacturers to sell vaping and nicotine products without required licenses. (Reuters via AOL)

Meanwhile, a former FDA scientist said the agency authorized Zyn products without evaluating whether the nicotine pouches could shed microplastics. (STAT)

And Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has stalled update recommendations on childhood tobacco cessation. (The Guardian)

A group of 26 Meta employees sued the company, claiming it used artificial intelligence systems to select people for layoffs, disproportionately targeting those on medical, parental, or family leave. (AP)

Researchers are trying to study whether regrowing the thymus could prevent cancer and help people live longer. (Nature)

Mystery surrounds the death of a Missouri nurse whose husband, a prominent anesthesiologist, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman earlier this year. (Fox News)

More health workers in Congo are going on strike as confirmed Ebola cases in the Central African nation top 2,000, including 754 deaths. (AP)

A Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 221 people, topping last year’s total. (CIDRAP)

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the airline pilot who in 2009 saved more than 150 passengers by landing a plane in a New York City river — the so-called “Miracle on the Hudson” — has Alzheimer’s disease. (People)

Jennifer Finch, bassist for the rock band L7, is battling an aggressive brain cancer. (USA Today)

Leonard Abramson, a major philanthropist who supported cancer research, died at the age of 93. A former pharmacist, Abramson in the 1970s created one of the first health maintenance organizations, U.S. Healthcare. (CBS News)

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