Secret Pentagon Anti-Vax Campaign; FDA’s Tylenol Warning; E. Coli at the Olympics

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The U.S. military waged a secret campaign in the Philippines during the pandemic to cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of China’s COVID vaccine, according to a Reuters investigation.

Leaked documents revealed safety issues after Amazon purchased One Medical, as call center workers at the primary care provider missed urgent symptoms in elderly patients. (Washington Post)

Some major public hospitals are using nondisclosure agreements to silence patients who accuse the hospitals of medical mistakes. (NBC News)

FDA issued a proposed order that would require labeling on over-the-counter acetaminophen (Tylenol) to inform the public that the analgesic may cause severe skin reactions.

Novo Nordisk’s CEO agreed to testify before a Senate committee in a hearing about the price of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy). (Reuters)

Nine takeaways from the new memoir by Anthony Fauci, MD. (STAT)

Mexican experts determined that comorbidities were responsible for the death of a 59-year-old man with the first known case of the H5N2 strain of avian flu, the World Health Organization stated.

Can lessons be learned from Thailand’s approach to its 2003 bird flu outbreak? (NPR)

“Don’t kiss or snuggle your bearded dragon,” the CDC warned following 15 cases of Salmonella linked to the reptiles.

These types of drugs can make heat waves more dangerous for patients. (New York Times)

A 10 percentage-point reduction in registered nurses at acute care hospitals in the U.S. was associated with a 7% higher odds of in-hospital death among Medicare patients, researchers found. (Medical Care)

In New York, more than 4,000 additional robot pets are being sent to the elderly in an effort to fight loneliness. (ABC News)

Couples are suing over Alabama’s new law that aims to protect in vitro fertilization services, claiming it’s unconstitutional. (AP via U.S. News & World Report)

The FDA approved blinatumomab (Blincyto) as consolidation for CD19-positive Philadelphia chromosome-negative B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

And also approved durvalumab (Imfinzi) in combination with chemotherapy for adults with mismatch repair-deficient primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Test results from the Seine River, where competitors are expected to swim in the Paris Olympics, revealed unsafe levels of E. coli. (The Independent)

Thousands of women in Brazil protested a bill that would equate abortion after 22 weeks’ gestation to homicide. (Reuters)