Supplement-Tied Outbreak Hospitalizes 26; Kid Vax Rates Plummet; TrumpRx Discounts?

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Recalled moringa leaf supplements are now blamed for 97 cases and 26 hospitalizations from potential Salmonella contamination, according to the CDC. The FDA’s outbreak investigation is closed.

Child vaccination rates fell sharply during the first year of the second Trump administration based on Michigan data, with a national estimate to come later. (Reuters)

The World Health Organization is preparing staff for a feared “nuclear incident” in case the Iran war continues to escalate. (Independent)

Texas-based GuardDog Telehealth admitted it built a business on mining individual health data for sale to law firms. (Washington Post)

Pennsylvania is up to 23 counties lacking labor and delivery hospital units. (WVIA)

Minnesota’s Medicaid program is under serious threat following investigations of statewide fraud. (NPR)

TrumpRx remains limited in the discounts offered for prescription drugs and the scope of generics available on the platform. (NBC News)

Most Americans who haven’t tried GLP-1 drugs said they’re not very interested and aren’t being held back by the cost. (Axios)

The Trump administration terminated or remade over a quarter of the expert advisory committees serving HHS, according to a report from Public Citizen.

Public Citizen also said the State Department publicly released details of foreign aid negotiated with several African countries, but abruptly made the documents private again.

Cuba’s hospitals were hit hard by Trump’s oil blockade of the island and the ensuing economic crisis. (NBC News)

One in 10 Affordable Care Act Marketplace enrollees surveyed in 2025 now said they are currently uninsured, according to a KFF survey.

Universal health coverage is “a moral imperative,” said Pope Leo XIV. (National Catholic Reporter)

The FDA alerted that Intuitive Surgical asked all customers to stop using 8mm SureForm 30 Gray Reload curved-tip staplers due to reports of faulty staple line formation. Four serious injuries and one death are associated with the issue.

Oregon’s Bay Area Hospital received a financial bailout thanks to bipartisan lawmakers in the state senate. (The Oregonian)

Nicotine pouches are a growing presence in urban litter. (NBC News)

Mental health symptoms, such as suicidal ideation and restlessness, are up among U.S. college students. (The Hill)

Immigration detention can be an adverse childhood experience, with problems ranging from nutritional deficiency to worsening chronic medical conditions. (The Cut)

Trump’s nominee for head of the the Department of Homeland Security said he regretted calling Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse killed by federal immigration enforcement agents in January, “deranged.” (Politico)