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What Cognitive Tests Show; Pig Kidney Recipient Dies; Human Plague Case Reported

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In the wake of questions about the presidential candidates' mental acuity, an expert discussed what can -- and can't -- show. (AP)

More than 40 states, as well as creditors of Purdue Pharma, against members of the Sackler family now that the Supreme Court has ruled that the family is not immune from lawsuits. (New York Times)

Lisa Pisano, 54, the first person to receive both a , died; she lived with the kidney for 47 days. (CNN)

The Federal Trade Commission from its investigation into pharmacy benefit managers, concluding they inflate drug prices and squeeze profits from independent pharmacies.

Should non-alcoholic beer and wine? NPR looked into the issue.

The controversy over President Biden's fitness for duty cast , into the spotlight. (AP)

OpenAI's Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington outlined why they're investing in a startup to build . (Time)

are increasing in some parts of the country, CDC data showed.

Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder had , a study of 1,600 samples found. (Nature Microbiology)

Police in Haiti said they of a Port Au Prince hospital -- the nation's largest -- that was controlled by gangs. (AP)

during a Russian missile strike on a children's hospital in Ukraine. (BBC News)

Colorado health officials in Pueblo. (CNN)

New York City is its mental health clubhouses. (Gothamist)

Stimulant users may whether their drugs are contaminated with fentanyl. (NPR)

Health officials in New Hampshire and Vermont . (NECN)

Highly pathogenic avian influenza in another dairy herd in Michigan, raising the number of affected dairy herds in the state to 26, state agriculture department officials reported.

A junior Navy sailor President Biden's medical records several times. (CBS News)

Oak Ridge Boys member Joe Bonsall, 76, . (People)