RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Sanity; Poison in Baby Food; $600,000 Rehab on a Giant Yacht

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“There hasn’t been a president who is more sane,” said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a House hearing on Friday, stating that an assessment of President Trump’s mental fitness was not necessary and that he would not recommend invoking the 25th Amendment. (The Hill)

Roughly half as many competitive grants have been awarded by the NIH in the current fiscal year compared with this time last year, a Washington Post analysis found; here’s the research most affected.

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, is reportedly blocking a White House plan to allow more flavored vaping devices on the market. (Wall Street Journal)

Oklahoma emergency nurse Bjorn Miller, RN, died at 37 after apparently falling from a cliff while hiking in California with his father and son. (People)

NBC News examined a lawsuit involving another patient who died after a surgery performed by the Florida doctor accused of removing a man’s liver instead of his spleen.

Rat poison was detected in a jar of HiPP baby food in Austria. (Reuters via MSN)

Dozens of scientists from around the world are calling for action against drug-resistant fungal disease. (NPR)

Louisiana police arrested a businessman accused of anonymously threatening lawmakers who criticized Medical Properties Trust, one of the nation’s largest owners of hospital real estate. (Mother Jones)

About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader. (AP)

The FDA’s accelerated approval program needs more transparency, according to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.

Meanwhile, the FDA warned against the consumption of recalled shellfish harvested by Gomez Shellfish due to potential norovirus contamination.

And the agency renewed the marketing authorization for five IQOS smoke-free heated tobacco products.

While declining from 2021 to 2024, U.S. opioid prescribing for dental procedures remained high compared with peer nations, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

New data from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief show declines in HIV testing and treatment. (New York Times)

Iris Long, PhD, a chemist who in the 1980s proved pivotal in helping AIDS activists advance potential treatments, died at age 92. (New York Times)

A 23-year-old woman from the U.K. said ChatGPT helped identify her hereditary spastic paraplegia after doctors had misdiagnosed her for years. (People)

Actress Mindy Cohn, one of the stars of the 1980s sitcom “The Facts of Life,” said she was again diagnosed with cancer. (Hollywood Reporter)

For $600,000 a week, the ultra-wealthy in Australia can get mental health treatment on a giant yacht. (The Guardian)

A Canadian man facing murder charges for allegedly selling lethal amounts of sodium nitrite to people at risk of self-harm has agreed to plead guilty to 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide, his lawyer said. (AP)