Outbreak Kills 65; RFK Jr. Did Not Perform Surgery, Hospital Says; DOJ Targets Yale

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Africa CDC confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. (AP)

Meanwhile, a meningitis outbreak in Berkshire in England has left one dead and two others ill. (The Guardian)

A CDC survey found that only 16% of backyard flock owners in the U.S. knew all of the associated signs and symptoms of bird flu in humans, a week after detailing a fatal case in a backyard flock owner. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

The Cleveland Clinic pushed back on a report that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a recent visit operated a robotic arm during a patient’s heart surgery. (The Hill)

California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said the risk of cancer from acrolein and ethylene oxide may be 10 times higher than the risk from benzene.

Prostate‐specific antigen testing likely reduces deaths from prostate cancer, but the absolute benefit is small, according to a Cochrane review.

This husband and wife were both diagnosed with breast cancer. (People)

Actor and former professional wrestler John Cena talked about his demodex blepharitis diagnosis, an eyelid condition caused by an infestation of mites. (People)

The number of U.S. dengue cases in 2024 increased 359% above recent annual averages, with the vast majority travel related. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Spikes in violence in Africa followed the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid, researchers reported in Science.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) accused the Yale School of Medicine of discriminating against white and Asian applicants in its admissions.

And DOJ said that Takeda Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $13.6 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly caused the submission of false claims to Medicare and other federal healthcare programs.

A diet inspired by the Bible has found new audiences online in the “Make America Healthy Again” era. (New York Times)

Over half of pilots involved in fatal crashes from 2018 to 2022 tested positive for at least one medication, with potentially impairing drugs (including illicit drugs) in more than a fourth. (AV Web)

Over 5 million people in the U.S. have used kratom in their lifetime, with increasing popularity among young adults, according to research in the Journal of Addiction Medicine.

An extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine will be stationed at the finish line of the RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon, following two deaths in recent years. (Brooklyn Paper)