Pope Injured; Dietitian Defends Ultraprocessed Foods; Woman Dies Midflight

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Pope Francis injured his right arm after a fall, requiring a sling, just weeks after bruising his chin from another fall. (AP)

Air quality has improved in Los Angeles but ash and dust remain a concern; health officials there are recommending N95 or P100 masks for protection. (New York Times)

Democratic attorneys general asked a federal court if they could defend the right of “Dreamers” to buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges since the Trump administration likely will not. (AP)

Nearly half (46%) of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction when it comes to the cost of healthcare under a second Trump administration, according to a West Health-Gallup survey.

Meanwhile, the editors of Nature urged Trump to support scientists and to value evidence-based policy.

As the Biden presidency winds down, the administration touted its Cancer Moonshot accomplishments, including regulatory action against forever chemicals and ethylene oxide, expanded access to cancer screening, and a new FDA rule to slash nicotine in cigarettes.

National data confirm disparities in access to telepsychiatry in children. (American Journal of Psychiatry)

A middleman company administering the government’s 340B drug program, designed to help safety-net providers access affordable drugs, is accused of steering drug purchases to drive up sales. (New York Times)

The FDA expanded the approval of mirikizumab (Omvoh) to include moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease, Eli Lilly announced.

Meanwhile, Lilly has its sights set on approval of orforglipron, a once-daily oral GLP-1 receptor agonist for weight loss, by early 2026. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

A dietitian defended ultraprocessed foods in Slate.

No “adverse consequences” but “unnecessary” security risks raised: government report blasts the lack of communication around Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s treatment for prostate cancer last year. (AP)

A legal fight over a Florida law banning gender-affirming care for minors continues with oral arguments before a federal appeals court. (AP)

Despite a doctor’s best efforts, a woman from Kansas died midair of a heart attack during a flight from Paris to Boston. (USA Today)

The CDC confirmed another bird flu case in a California child and, separately, alerted to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak aboard a Silversea cruise. (ABC7Los Angeles, USA Today)

Texas doctor David Young MD, received a 10-year prison sentence and was ordered to pay more than $25 million in restitution for Medicare fraud involving false prescriptions, the Department of Justice announced.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the desegregated U.S. Army Nurse Corps, died last week at age 104. (NPR)

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