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Understanding Monkeypox and How Outbreaks Spread: QuickTake
The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public-health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued humanity for at least 3,000 years. But, on the downside, it led to the end of a global vaccination program that provided protection against other pox viruses, includes monkeypox.
Biden’s HHS Defends Medicare Overpayment Rule in High Court Row
A rule requiring Medicare Advantage private insurers to refund overpayments was properly reinstated, the Department of Health and Human Services said in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Califf Taps CDC Official to Lead FDA Center for Tobacco Products
A top official in the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health will soon lead the FDA’s tobacco center as it carries out its new regulatory authority over synthetic nicotine and proposed bans on menthol in cigarettes and cigars.
Biden Bid to End Border Expulsions Stopped by Federal Judge (1)
A Louisiana federal judge blocked the Biden administration on Friday from ending Title 42—a pandemic-related border restriction that allows for the immediate expulsion of asylum-seekers and other migrants.
Monkeypox Likely Spreading Among People Via Intimate Contact
Monkeypox is likely being spread from person-to-person by close, intimate or sexual contact with someone who has an active rash, US senior health officials said.
FDA Approves Celgene’s Azacitidine for Juvenile Leukemia
FDA approves Bristol-Myers Squibb division Celgene’s Vidaza (azacitidine) for pediatric patients with newly diagnosed juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
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