Trader Joe’s Recall; 450 Hospitals May Close or Cut Services; ‘Rib Remodeling’ Trend

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Pizza and bread products sold by Trader Joe’s and others were recalled over possible metal fragments. (The Independent)

Gear Isle recalled “sex” chocolate products nationwide due to undeclared sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis), according to an FDA notice.

The president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals said he’s ready to start replacing radiologists with artificial intelligence (AI) in some circumstances, once a regulatory framework is in place. (Radiology Business)

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R), 81, was hospitalized Tuesday after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung. (AP)

The White House backed surgeon general nominee Casey Means, MD, after President Trump expressed openness to withdrawing her nomination and is calling on the Senate to quickly confirm her. (The Hill, NBC News)

In line with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s wishes, the FDA is expected to allow compounding pharmacies to produce more than a dozen injectable peptides that were previously banned due to potentially serious safety risks, according to a senior administration official. (New York Times)

Kennedy has pledged to fight Lyme disease, but whether that includes supporting a vaccine is unclear. (CNN)

The Trump administration is changing the name of the federal health IT office back to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, refocusing the agency on external IT coordination instead of managing internal HHS technology.

For the first time since 2020, cost and access to healthcare topped the list of domestic worries, a Gallup poll found, outpacing concerns about the economy and inflation.

Nearly 450 hospitals face high risks of closing or reducing services due to $911 billion in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program cuts over the next 10 years that are part of the Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to the watchdog group Public Citizen.

A federal judge revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a married couple who conspired to steal medical trade secrets and share them with China, the Justice Department said.

Doctors Without Borders accused Gilead of refusing to sell its HIV prevention drug lenacapavir (Yeztugo) directly to the global humanitarian aid organization. (Politico)

Tiger Woods said he is stepping away to seek treatment, days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. A sheriff’s report said two pain pills were found in his pocket. (AP)

The FDA sent letters to Iovance Biotherapeutics, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, and Gilead Sciences’ Kite Pharma saying it found promotional materials for certain biologics to be “false or misleading.” (Fierce Pharma)

Novo Nordisk launched multi-month subscriptions for its obesity drug semaglutide (Wegovy).

A relatively new plastic surgery trend known as “rib remodeling” involves surgically altering ribs to make the waist look smaller. (USA Today)

Researchers estimated that 1.93 million incident preterm births globally could be linked to chemicals in plastics in 2018, with the highest absolute burden in the Middle East and South Asia. (eClinicalMedicine)

A single-center series highlighted care delays associated with patients who requested directed donations for unvaccinated blood. (Transfusion)

Māori families with a CDH1 mutation for aggressive gastric cancer had their stomachs preemptively removed. (The Atlantic)

Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate and rights attorney Narges Mohammadi may have had a heart attack. (AP)

A woman who had sex with identical twins cannot be certain who fathered her child, a U.K. court ruled. (New York Post)