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'The Office' Star Has Cancer; Trump Sent COVID Tests to Putin? 3% of Teens Are Trans

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Actress Jenna Fischer, who starred in "The Office" TV series, and treatment. (People)

was awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for their work on computational protein design. (AP)

The New York Times explored to heal burns, looking at the case of a woman whose unrecognizable face following a propane explosion was completely restored.

Three crew members on board a medical transport helicopter in Kentucky on the way to pick up a patient. (AP)

Former president Trump in 2020 to Russian president Vladimir Putin for Putin's personal use at a time when the U.S. was facing a test shortage, according to a new book by Bob Woodward. (Washington Post)

Danco Laboratories of its medication abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) to be used in miscarriage management. (Wall Street Journal)

Meanwhile, the FDA rejected dasiglucagon for congenital hyperinsulinism, .

Physical activity in cancer patients, a meta-analysis found. (JAMA Network Open)

COVID was linked to a up to 3 years after diagnosis, though people with O blood type were less likely to experience an event. (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology)

The U.S. next week will begin to for the deadly Marburg virus. (The Hill)

Nearly one-fourth of LGBTQ+ women , and two-thirds have sought treatment for trauma, a survey found. (NPR)

On a similar front, 3% of U.S. high school students surveyed in 2023 , and 25% of transgender students said they skipped school because they felt unsafe, according to a study in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Other findings from the CDC's showed that 40% of adolescents had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and 20% had seriously considered suicide. (MMWR)

Sales of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines after the CDC narrowed the recommended age group and said it was a "once-in-a-lifetime" vaccine. (Reuters)

However, the efficacy of its RSV vaccine (Arexvy) against severe cases dropped to 43% in the third year.

Hundreds of mostly unknown , researchers found. (Frontiers in Microbiomes)

A paraplegic used an exoskeleton to help him walk, but when it broke, the manufacturer . (Washington Post)

More than 250 entities -- companies, labor unions, universities, and other organizations -- to treat opioid overdoses, according to White House officials. (NPR)