Where Are Trump’s Medical Records? New Sunscreen Under Review; Why Condoms Are Nixed

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Trump has yet to release his medical records he promised to share. (New York Times)

San Diego doctor Mark Chavez, MD, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine in the case of Matthew Perry’s death. (CNN)

Fewer kindergartners had vaccination coverage for all vaccines during the 2023-2024 school year compared with the year before, CDC data suggested.

Workers at Asheville’s Mission Hospital described the crippling effects of Hurricane Helene. (NBC News)

DSM-Firmenich’s new sunscreen ingredient bemotrizinol (PARSOL Shield) is under FDA review; if approved, it would be the first new over-the-counter sunscreen active ingredient in the U.S. in nearly 25 years. (CBS News)

A human case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was reported in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

The CDC warned of potential public health risk from ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies.

HHS isn’t expecting a major effect on medical supply chains from the port strike. (The Hill)

All doses of Eli Lilly’s diabetes and weight management injectable tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) were taken off the FDA’s shortage list. (Reuters)

How would JD Vance’s high-risk pool health insurance plan work? (NBC News)

Eight members of Argentinian soccer player Diego Maradona’s medical team face up to 25 years in prison for allegedly failing to do enough to keep him alive. (Washington Post)

Some women with sickle cell disease felt pushed into getting tubal ligations they didn’t want or understand, a STAT investigation found.

Chances of human-to-human bird flu spread are low, the CDC told Bloomberg News.

Fewer young people are using condoms these days; here’s why. (AP)

The Marburg virus outbreak death toll is at least 11 in Rwanda. A German medical student and his partner were thought to be infected, but tested negative. (CBS News/Politico)

Patients who had their gallbladders removed were less likely to be diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease but more likely to have irritable bowel syndrome, Epic data showed.

A 24-year-old woman died in childbirth at a Brooklyn hospital, the third such death there since 2020. (New York Times)

HHS released final guidance outlining the process for the second cycle of negotiations under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

A top WHO expert said smartphones should be regulated like tobacco products. (Politico)

Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate David McCormick said he’d use the military to fight fentanyl trafficking networks. (AP)

Banning tobacco sales to people born between 2006 and 2010 could prevent 1.2 million lung cancer deaths in 185 countries by 2095, a simulation study estimated. (Lancet Public Health)

So far this fall, four cases of dengue fever were reported in Los Angeles. (USA Today)

Hungary and Italy both reported an outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus. (Reuters)

Gilead made a deal with six generic drug makers to sell cheaper versions of its HIV drug lenacapavir in low income countries. (Reuters)