Tennis Legend’s Cancer’s Back; CDC Emails on RFK Jr. Released; Suicide Attempts Down

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Calling the disease “relentless,” tennis legend Chris Evert said her ovarian cancer had returned for a third time. (People)

The Supreme Court sided with the maker of Roundup weedkiller Bayer in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people the product could cause cancer. The ruling left leaders of the Make America Healthy Again movement feeling betrayed. (AP, NBC News)

Senate Democrats announced new legislation that would put a $5,000 cap on out-of-pocket costs for traditional Medicare beneficiaries.

And Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), unveiled a plan to reform the 340B drug pricing program for hospitals. (Fierce Healthcare)

President Trump nominated 45-year-old tech entrepreneur Chris Klomp, currently the director of CMS’s Center for Medicare, to be the next deputy HHS secretary. (Politico)

Internal CDC emails showed how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. immediately sought to dismantle U.S. vaccine policy when he became HHS secretary, including halting any messaging encouraging flu shots or other vaccinations. (New York Times)

Meanwhile, audio of Kennedy urging libertarian candidates in Iowa to drop out of key races in an effort to help Republicans keep control of Congress is raising ethical and legal questions. (Washington Post)

The Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to end the temporary protected status for immigrants from Syria and Haiti is raising concerns about the impact on the healthcare sector. (Fox News)

Meanwhile, a judge temporarily blocked the Tennessee Health Department from reporting roughly 400 sick and disabled kids to immigration authorities. (AP)

Two brothers who own a Colorado funeral home were arrested after authorities found two dozen decomposing bodies behind a concealed door. (AP)

The Africa CDC said the Ebola outbreak in Congo could be the largest ever and warned that contact tracing is dangerously behind. (New York Times)

Despite widespread concern that statins cause severe muscular problems, these side effects are exceedingly rare, a study in Lancet Digital Health reaffirmed.

A CDC report documented nearly 10,000 drug overdose deaths in hotels and motels from 2022 to 2024, with a potential bystander present roughly a third of the time. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

Jails are dealing with a dangerous new type of drug withdrawal as medetomidine-laced opioids spread. (STAT News)

Medical students are using the popular TriNetX database to pump out misleading studies. (Science)

Emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts declined 7% from 2021 to 2025, with the largest decreases among adolescents and females. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

The military’s healthcare program, TRICARE, has imposed major restrictions on applied behavior analysis therapy for autism, an effective intervention covered by many insurers. (NBC News)

FDA issued letters on data integrity to three third-party testing firms in China the agency says copied study results or created falsified or invalid data that was submitted to the agency.

Daryl Hall of the duo Hall & Oates opened up about his recent kidney transplant. (USA Today)

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