ABC News

SPRING VALLEY, Wis. — A nurse in Wisconsin has been charged with elder abuse, accused of amputating a hospice patient’s frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor’s orders.

After she cut off the man’s right foot last spring, Mary K. Brown, 38, of Durand, told her colleagues that she wanted to display it at her family’s taxidermy shop with a sign that said: “Wear your boots kids,” according to charges filed last week in Pierce County. Continue reading “Wisconsin nurse amputated man’s foot without orders”

Fierce Pharma

No press release, no earnings call. Clovis Oncology has used a securities filing to deliver a somber message: The beleaguered company may not survive. Continue reading “Troubled Clovis telegraphs bankruptcy amid FDA hardball on key cancer drug, difficulty in fundraising”

Fox News

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s (D) campaign filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania election officials on Monday demanding undated or misdated absentee ballots be counted in the midterms. Continue reading “Pennsylvania Senate: Fetterman’s camp sues over undated absentee ballots”

Med Page Today – by Kristina Fiore

Is a strong reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine a sign of a more robust immune response that ultimately brings better protection against infection, hospitalization, and death?

Many are asking that question as they roll up their sleeves for yet another booster. Continue reading “Did My Strong COVID Vax Reaction Give Me Better Immunity?”

Yahoo News

Pfizer announced on Tuesday that an experimental RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects newborns against severe illness for at least six months after birth.  Continue reading “Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for pregnant women protects newborns against severe illness”

The White House

THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, folks.  You can roll your sleeves up, all come up if you want.  (Laughter.)

Good afternoon.  I’m here today with my COVID team, as well as leaders from some of America’s top pharmacies: Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Albertsons.  And we’re here with a simple message: Get vaccinated.  Update your vac- — your COVID vaccine. Continue reading “Remarks by President Biden on the Status of the Country’s Fight Against COVID-⁠19”

NASA

NASA has selected 16 individuals to participate in its independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena are categorized as UAPs.  Continue reading “NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members”

NPR

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is placing a nationwide freeze on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns, effective immediately.

The handgun freeze is the latest in an ongoing battle among Canadian lawmakers over gun control measures. In parliament, legislators are still debating the passage of a bill, introduced in May, that would be one of the strongest pieces of gun control legislation in decades. The new handgun freeze is an “immediate action” the Trudeau administration said it is taking as conversation around the bill continues. Continue reading “Trudeau orders an immediate freeze on the sale of handguns in Canada”

Med Page Today – by Yvonne Collins, MD

Mary Williams* saved for 15 years to purchase a home. She found a small house in South Shore (on Chicago’s south side), made an offer, and achieved her dream. A massive rainstorm flooded her basement 8 months later. So, Williams reached out to her insurance company only to find out floods were not covered. Calls to FEMA and her alderman received no response. She found herself without the money to repair her damaged, mold-infested basement. Williams also has a history of asthma, and the mold caused increasingly severe respiratory problems requiring two hospitalizations. Because her physician determined that she could not safely remain in that environment, Williams eventually had to leave — losing both her savings and her home.  Continue reading “Climate Change Is Causing Premature Death”

Med Page Today – by Judy George

On Thursday, members of the FDA’s Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices Advisory Committee will meet to discuss AvertD, a prescription genetic risk assessment tool for opioid use disorder (OUD). Continue reading “Genetic Testing for Opioid Use Disorder Heads to FDA Advisors”

AOL

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Continue reading “Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants”

USA Today

A man has filed a class action lawsuit against Texas Pete hot sauce after he learned the product isn’t actually made in Texas.

Instead, the product is made in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which the lawsuit claims is false advertising.  Continue reading “Makers of Texas Pete hot sauce face lawsuit over product being made in North Carolina”

Rebel News

TikTok has previously employed similar censorship for racial and gender-related slurs, and even goes so far as to block users from searching for any individual deemed to be ‘hateful,’ effectively expunging them from the results. Continue reading “TikTok bans searches for ‘White Lives Matter’ to ‘prevent the spread of hate’”

CNN

Want to cook chicken in NyQuil? Overdose on antihistamines? Swallow laundry detergent pods?

While most of us would recoil in horror from such dangerous suggestions, adolescents and young adults continue to be susceptible to social media dares like these, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. Continue reading “Don’t cook chicken in NyQuil: FDA warns about dangerous social media challenges”

MedPage Today – by Sophie Putka

The Froedtert Health network in Wisconsin has sent a clear message to employees claiming religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination: with an alternative to mRNA vaccines now available, get vaccinated or resign.  Continue reading “Health System Warns Exemptions to COVID Vaccines May Expire With New Options”