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Cancer Drug Recall; Long COVID and Reinfection; WHO Staffer Killed in Gaza

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľֱ staff

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Bayer issued a (Vitrakvi) due to possible microbial contamination, the FDA announced.

Want to protect your pets from harm during the holidays? The FDA .

Data from China suggest that people with long COVID may be at . (Lancet Respiratory Medicine)

Only 17% of U.S. nursing home residents are , new CDC figures show. (Axios)

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 , experts say. (New York Times)

Live in Maryland and need emergency care? . (Maryland Matters)

A federal appeals court requiring fingerprinting, firearms training, and a waiting period in order to obtain a firearm license, saying it was unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. (Washington Post)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee on why the U.S. pays the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. (Endpoints News)

House republicans, meanwhile, have before the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Reesha Ahmed was thrilled to be pregnant -- . (KFF Health News via NPR)

Texas has sued Pfizer, alleging that the company with its drug methylphenidate (Quillivant XR) for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. (Fierce Pharma)

And a New Zealand microbiologist , the University of Auckland, alleging that it didn't take steps to protect her from harassment when she was giving information to the public about the COVID-19 pandemic. (Nature)

The corporate shakeup at OpenAI brings to mind , experts say. (STAT)

The in the first half of 2023 in states with abortion bans compared with states that did not have bans, a study found. (CNN)

Indoor air is still dirty, but have slowed the response to the problem, experts say. (New York Times)

WHO announced that Gaza staff member Dima Abdullatif Mohammed Alhaj, 29, along with her husband, 6-month-old son, and her two brothers when her parents' house in southern Gaza was bombed.

The Arizona nursing board for allegedly acting outside the scope of his practice by giving ketamine to patients he diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression, and doing so without collaboration with a mental health provider. (ABC15.com)

Unstable housing among dialysis patients was , a VA study found. (JAMA Network Open)

SoClean of its SoClean2 and SoClean3 cleaning devices for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines in order to notify users of a new user manual and the availability of a hose and mask adapter to reduce risk of ozone exposure.

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    Joyce Frieden oversees ľֱ’s Washington coverage, including stories about Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, healthcare trade associations, and federal agencies. She has 35 years of experience covering health policy.