4 Deaths Linked to Medical Device; New FDA Chief? Human-Chimp Hybrid Attempt

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The FDA warned of a Class I recall of Becton Dickinson intraosseous vascular access system needle setsopens in a new tab or window because of a defect linked to 45 serious injuries and four deaths.

The Ebola outbreak in Congoopens in a new tab or window has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed, as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed. (AP)

In the U.S., COVID infections are growing or likely growing in 50 statesopens in a new tab or window, according to the most recent CDC estimates.

Over the past 18 months, the Trump administration removed or altered at least 158 health data setsopens in a new tab or window, the monitoring group dataindex.us reported. (The Guardian)

Sources say President Trump is expected to tap White House aide Heidi Overton, MD, PhD,opens in a new tab or window as the next FDA commissioner. (Reuters via AOL)

Intismeran autogene, a novel personalized mRNA-based cancer vaccineopens in a new tab or window, slowed the return of melanoma and its spread when added to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in a phase III trial, drugmakers Merck and Moderna announced.

Antioxidant-rich diets were associated with a lower risk of cervical canceropens in a new tab or window, according to survey data. (International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics)

Adults 60 and up may face intolerable heatopens in a new tab or window more often and for longer periods than previously thought, a global modeling study suggested. (Lancet Planetary Health)

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream announced a nationwide recall of select flavors of frozen Outshine Fruit Barsopens in a new tab or window due to possible contamination with glass.

Popular Science detailed how a Russian biologist tried in 1926 to create a human-chimpanzee hybridopens in a new tab or window.

Neutrogena faces renewed online backlash after Hayden Panettiere’s unexpected death; the 36-year-old actress claimed the company had tried to fire her for speaking about postpartum depressionopens in a new tab or window. (USA Today)

Eighty-year-old country music star Dolly Parton said “all is going wellopens in a new tab or window on the medical end of things,” despite not making a 200-mile trip to launch a new ride at Dollywood last week due to health issues. (People)

ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s diseaseopens in a new tab or window in 2014, died at age 93. (AP)

Harvard agreed to pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits from families who claimed that a university morgue manager mishandled and sold parts of bodiesopens in a new tab or window that were donated to the medical school. (CBS News)

The lawyer for a Los Angeles couple involved in a legal battle with their surrogateopens in a new tab or window said the couple’s newborn son is recovering after the first of three surgeries to treat his hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (The Hill)

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