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President Joe Biden completed his tenth dose of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) Monday morning and his COVID symptoms have almost completely resolved, his physician reported.
Vice President Kamala Harris may reinvigorate the effort to frame the election around abortion rights. (Washington Post)
Veterans Affairs department officials said they will study how removing race from lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, noting they expect a much smaller impact than predicted in a study published earlier this year. (STAT)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. floated a job in a Trump White House overseeing a portfolio of health and medical issues as he considered endorsing the former president. (Washington Post)
Despite legal barriers, California lawmakers are pursuing legislation aimed at protecting kids from the potential dangers of social media. (KFF Health News)
In San Diego, nurses at Rady Children’s Hospital rejected a last-minute contract offer to up their pay by 25% over three years, and opted to strike instead. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The American College of Physicians issued a position paper outlining a regulatory framework for cannabis. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
In Massachusetts, a woman was sentenced to 3 years of probation for calling in a hoax bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as the hospital was facing harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. (AP)
At least six people were killed when a gunman entered a Croatian care home and began shooting, according to the country’s public broadcaster. (CNN)
Haleon settled a consumer lawsuit that alleged its “non-drowsy” Robitussin cough and flu medicine caused drowsiness, agreeing to pay $4.5 million and remove the claim from packaging and marketing. (Reuters)
Meanwhile, a discontinued asthma medication has left some patients scrambling, including to the emergency department. (NPR)
The FDA approved eculizumab-aagh (Epysqli) as a biosimilar to eculizumab (Soliris) to treat patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, Samsung Bioepis said.
Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, the last surviving member of the Four Tops, died at age 88 from heart failure. (New York Times)