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Texas Is Appealing a Ruling That Would Force State Psychiatric Hospitals to Admit Jailed Defendants Within 21 Days

Texas is fighting a federal order requiring psychiatric hospital admission within 21 days. About 1,626 people were on the waitlist in June.

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Only One GLP-1 Drug Carries a Birth Control Warning, and the Class Is Not Interchangeable

Tirzepatide labels tell patients on the pill to add a barrier method for four weeks. Semaglutide carries no equivalent warning.

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DentaQuest Breach Exposed Health Data of at Least 15 Million People, and the Company Says Its Review Is Not Finished

DentaQuest is notifying 15 million people after a May breach exposed Social Security numbers, Medicaid IDs, and dental health records.

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Nearly a Quarter of Arizona Pneumonia Patients Were Never Tested for Valley Fever, and 10% of Those Tested Had It

A Mayo Clinic Phoenix review found 10% of tested pneumonia patients had Valley fever, while about a quarter were never tested at all.

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About 69% of Tracked E-Cigarette Sales Last December Involved Products the FDA Never Authorized, New Analysis Finds

A new analysis found 69.4% of tracked e-cigarette sales involved unauthorized products. Only 39 e-cigarettes hold FDA marketing orders.

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California Begins Phasing Out Paraquat After Every Manufacturer Pulls the Weedkiller Rather Than Submit Health Data

All paraquat makers canceled California registrations rather than submit required health data. Dealers can still sell existing stock for two years.

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Your Baby's Brain May Be Doing Several Things at Once Long Before You Can Tell What It Understands

Infants in the UK and Singapore learned an invented language only when they could see the speaker's eyes, brainwave recordings showed.

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A Rare Childhood Dementia May Share a Cellular Failure with Alzheimer's, Revealing a Surprising Disease Connection

UC San Diego researchers found the same genetic switch flipped inside brain immune cells in Sanfilippo syndrome and in Alzheimer's patients.

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A Gene Behind a Fatal Childhood Brain Disease Turned Up Somewhere Nobody Was Looking: Inside Gut Immune Cells

New 3D genome mapping in rare gut immune cells links Crohn's disease risk to CLN3, a gene known to cause fatal Batten disease.

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A Rare Pelvic Cancer Forced Surgeons to Remove Multiple Organs in an Extraordinary Attempt to Save the Patient

Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed a pelvic exenteration in a young patient whose rare congenital anatomy complicated an aggressive tumor.

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Eight Infant Monkeys Got a Triple HIV Regimen Within 72 Hours, and Researchers Could Not Find the Virus a Year Later

Eight infant macaques treated 72 hours after infection showed no trace of HIV a year on, even after their immune defenses were stripped away.

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Hospitals in More Than Two Dozen States Now Send New Mothers Home Wearing a Wristband That Says "I Gave Birth"

Hospitals across the US give postpartum patients silicone wristbands to flag pregnancy-related risk, but formal outcome evidence is limited.

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A New Federal Rule Cuts Medicaid Money for Gender Care in Minors, but States Can Still Pay with Their Own Funds

A CMS final rule ends federal Medicaid and CHIP matching funds for gender-related care in minors, taking effect on October 13, 2026.

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Moderna Begins First Human Trial of a Vaccine for the Ebola Strain Driving Congo's Outbreak

Moderna started a phase 1 trial of an mRNA vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a strain for which no vaccine is approved, that is driving an outbreak in Congo.

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Alzheimer's Treatment Can Now Begin at Home with an Injection Instead of Months of Infusions

The FDA approved an at-home subcutaneous starting dose of lecanemab. Launch is planned for late August, and monitoring requirements remain unchanged.

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A Liver Infection with No Approved Oral Treatment in the U.S. Now Has a Drug Under FDA Review

The FDA accepted a new drug application for lonafarnib, which would be the first oral treatment for chronic hepatitis D in the United States.

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Small Amounts of Activity Were Linked to Lower Stroke and Death Risk in Adults with Atrial Fibrillation

A study of 87,340 Norwegian adults found light activity linked to a 9 percent lower stroke risk in people with and without atrial fibrillation.

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A Trial of Nearly 4,000 Babies Found No Difference in Eczema or Bronchiolitis Hospitalization Between Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen

A randomized trial of 3,923 infants found acetaminophen and ibuprofen produced no meaningful difference in eczema or bronchiolitis at age one.

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Former Smokers Stay Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening for 15 Years After Quitting, and Most Never Get Scanned

Quitting does not end eligibility for lung cancer screening. Federal guidance covers 15 years after the last cigarette, yet most eligible adults skip it.

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CDC Advisory Reports About 40% Mortality in Published Arbovirus Brain Infections Among Patients on B Cell Depleting Drugs

A CDC health advisory says published case reports show roughly 40% mortality from arboviral brain infections in patients taking anti-CD20 drugs.

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Hospitals Are Asking Insured Patients to Pay Before Treatment, and the Practice Now Reaches Past Elective Care

Hospitals increasingly ask for payment before care. Here is what a pre-service deposit is, where it applies, and what patients can ask.

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Two Hundred People Were Nudged into Sitting Up Straight Without Knowing It, and Their Risk-Taking Got Better

McGill researchers changed how nearly 200 people sat without telling them. The upright group felt prouder and took smarter risks in a balloon game.

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The First Detailed Map of Bone's Busiest Layer Found 34 Cell Types and an Unexpected Suspect in Skeletal Disease

A single-cell map of bone found 34 cell types and named cells around blood vessels as drivers of skeletal disease, alongside the usual suspects.

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A Molecule Long Considered Inactive Switched On the Moment the Dish Reached Human Body Temperature

A compound thought inactive against TRPM4 became a potent activator at body temperature. Northwestern researchers say lab conditions hid the effect.

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A Cancer Vaccine Worked in Mice Missing the Immune Cell Everyone Thought It Needed, and That Points Somewhere Specific

mRNA cancer vaccines worked in mice without cDC1 cells. That may matter most for tumors that shut those cells out, where checkpoint drugs fail.

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