A physician whistleblower who was forced to retire after voicing concerns over unsafe anesthesia staffing at a California VA hospital has his job back. (AP)
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signed into law a new measure that bars hospitals and clinics from billing victims of sexual assault for forensic medical exams, which will instead be covered by a state fund. (AP)
Meanwhile, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pledged that $100 million of a new budget will go toward developing and manufacturing a new low-cost insulin. (The Hill)
Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani was found guilty on all 12 felony counts for defrauding company investors and patients. (AP)
Oregon health officials reported another six monkeypox cases, raising concerns about another possible public health emergency. (OPB)
As of Friday at 8:00 a.m. EDT, the unofficial U.S. COVID toll reached 88,258,589 infections and 1,020,789 deaths, increases of 150,668 and 1,350, respectively, since yesterday.
The Biden administration announced that roughly 300,000 children under the age of 5 had received at least one COVID jab so far. (CNN)
A study in Nature highlighted the benefits of COVID-19 wastewater surveillance.
Sandra Lindsay, RN, the critical care nurse in New York who received the first COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (ABC News)
Jackson Women's Health Organization, the Mississippi abortion clinic at the center of the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, shuttered...
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