‘The Office’ Star Has Cancer; Trump Sent COVID Tests to Putin? 3% of Teens Are Trans

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Actress Jenna Fischer, who starred in “The Office” TV series, discusses her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. (People)

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for their work on computational protein design. (AP)

The New York Times explored the use of human placentas to heal burns, looking at the case of a woman whose unrecognizable face following a propane explosion was completely restored.

Three crew members on board a medical transport helicopter in Kentucky were killed when the helicopter crashed on the way to pick up a patient. (AP)

Former president Trump secretly sent COVID tests in 2020 to Russian president Vladimir Putin for Putin’s personal use at a time when the U.S. was facing a test shortage, according to a new book by Bob Woodward. (Washington Post)

Danco Laboratories will seek FDA approval of its medication abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) to be used in miscarriage management. (Wall Street Journal)

Meanwhile, the FDA rejected dasiglucagon for congenital hyperinsulinism, Zealand Pharma announced.

Physical activity was associated with reduced depression in cancer patients, a meta-analysis found. (JAMA Network Open)

COVID was linked to a doubling of the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death up to 3 years after diagnosis, though people with O blood type were less likely to experience an event. (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology)

The U.S. next week will begin to screen travelers from Rwanda for the deadly Marburg virus. (The Hill)

Nearly one-fourth of LGBTQ+ women have attempted suicide, and two-thirds have sought treatment for trauma, a survey found. (NPR)

On a similar front, 3% of U.S. high school students surveyed in 2023 identified as transgender, and 25% of transgender students said they skipped school because they felt unsafe, according to a study in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Other findings from the CDC’s Youth Behavioral Risk Survey showed that 40% of adolescents had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and 20% had seriously considered suicide. (MMWR)

Sales of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines dropped significantly after the CDC narrowed the recommended age group and said it was a “once-in-a-lifetime” vaccine. (Reuters)

However, GSK said the efficacy of its RSV vaccine (Arexvy) against severe cases dropped to 43% in the third year.

Hundreds of mostly unknown viruses live on your toothbrushes and shower heads, researchers found. (Frontiers in Microbiomes)

A paraplegic used an exoskeleton to help him walk, but when it broke, the manufacturer wouldn’t help him fix it. (Washington Post)

More than 250 entities — companies, labor unions, universities, and other organizations — have agreed to stock naloxone to treat opioid overdoses, according to White House officials. (NPR)

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