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The NIH funneled $1 billion into long COVID research but there’s little to show for it, according to an investigation by STAT and MuckRock.

Adding to the judiciary chaos around the abortion pill, generic mifepristone maker GenBioPro is suing the FDA to keep the drug on the market. (Axios)

National Cancer Institute director Monica Bertagnolli, MD, has reportedly been tapped to take over as NIH director. (Politico)

Skyrocketing Medical liability premiums mean that physicians may be forced to relocate to lower-cost states or drop critical but high-liability medical services for their patients, the American Medical Association warned.

A tummy tuck appointment in Mexico turned into a deadly kidnapping of travelers from South Carolina; two surviving Medical Tourists speak out about their experience. (New York Times)

A proposed class action lawsuit has neighbors of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport suing over alleged medical harms from flight pollution. (Seattle Times)

Providence, Rhode Island, will be home to the country’s first state-regulated safe injection site starting early next year. (Boston Globe)

When state abortion bans have exceptions when the life of the pregnant person is at Risk, but not for mental health reasons. (NPR)

Prenatal depression was tied to a greater risk of incident cardiovascular disease striking as early as within the first 24 months postpartum, according to a report in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Intense battles in Sudan’s capital city have sent local hospitals into turmoil due to overcrowding and a lack of basic resources. (Reuters)

Rates of typhoid fever in India suggest a rural-urban divide. (New England Journal of Medicine)

In 52 of the 55 countries around the world surveyed, public confidence in vaccines for children declined between 2019 and 2021, UNICEF announced.

Questions surround what causes nodding syndrome, a rare but debilitating neurologic disease prevalent in northern Uganda. (Undark)

Biotronik said FDA approved its Prospera spinal cord stimulation system for chronic intractable pain.

House committee testimony reveals that human error was to blame for the recent data breach of Washington’s health insurance exchange, which affected 56,415 current and past customers including members of Congress, their families, and staff. (AP)

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) relates his experience with depression and what brought him to publicly seek inpatient care for it. (People)

National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman says he’s unconvinced there’s any link between the sport and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. (NPR)