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

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The ongoing surge of raises concerns of another global outbreak. (Washington Post)

The White House , announcing its readiness to deploy "march-in rights" to target high drug prices. (The Hill)

The Environmental Protection Agency cited multiple health benefits in its over the next 10 years. (STAT)

With 64 reports of adverse events potentially linked to recalled , the FDA said it started an inspection of an Ecuadorian manufacturing facility.

At one of the few hospitals still operating in southern Gaza, the rooms are , a doctor there said. (NBC News)

Some health advocates charged that the Biden Administration has postponed the ban on for political reasons. (CNN)

The rate of perinatal mortality (late fetal and early neonatal deaths) was , according to a report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

The NCHS also found that among pregnant women, ICU admissions during hospitalization were more likely for .

The New England Journal of Medicine debuted a that it has helped to perpetuate. The first article covers the journal's .

Researchers urged greater recognition of , most common among them pain during sexual intercourse, low back pain, and urinary and anal incontinence. (Lancet Global Health)

Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances was tied to in adolescents and young adults. (Environmental Health)

Fentanyl is contributing to San Francisco's . (The Guardian)

Patients need more care and are than in the past, according to an annual survey by the American Psychological Association.

snagged FDA clearance for use in orthopedic surgery for patients ages 2 to 21 years, manufacturer Ossio said.

The Biden Administration said that have signed up for a 2024 Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace plan, nearly a quarter of them new to the program.

A Wisconsin circuit court judge reaffirmed her ruling that a 1849 law . (The Hill)

In New Hampshire, a newly minted nurse learning about how to respond to a cardiac arrest wound up during the practice session. (CBS News)

Alleged rough handling of a baby in the neonatal ICU landed a Utah nurse with a . (Salt Lake Tribune)

Grilled at a government inquiry, former U.K. prime minister apologized for his handling of the coronavirus crisis but denied that he had been too indecisive about implementing COVID restrictions in early 2020. (Reuters)

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    Nicole Lou is a reporter for ľֱ, where she covers cardiology news and other developments in medicine.