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Pickleball Injuries Cost Americans Nearly $400 Million This Year—And Seniors Are Hit The Hardest

Pickleball injuries have been rising in players aged 60 and older for years.

Biden Boosts Birth Control Access In Executive Order One Year After Roe Was Overturned

The order comes nearly a year after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right ot abortion set out in Roe v. Wade as many state lawmakers consider restricting access to contraception.

Counterfeit Ozempic Crackdown: Drugmakers Threaten Clinics For Compounding Drugs During Shortages

Unsafe drug compounding has previously led to several deadly meningitis outbreaks.

E-Cigarette Sales Skyrocket 50% During Pandemic—But FDA Restrictions Showed Some Success

After the FDA began targeting non-menthol- or tobacco-flavored prefilled devices there was a notable increase “in sales of fruit- and mint-flavored disposable products” that largely appeal to youth.

Why Are People Fighting Over BMI? Conservatives Call Doctors’ Group ‘Woke’ For Questioning Obesity Measure

The AMA urged doctors last week to consider more health factors than just body mass index alone.

RSV Vaccine For Adults Gives Long-Term Protection, GSK Says After Late-Stage Trial

GSK said its shot, the world’s first authorized RSV vaccine, showed protection in older adults for two seasons after a single dose.

Vanderbilt Hospital Turns Over Transgender Clinic Records To GOP Attorney General In Investigation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which operated the Pediatric Transgender Transgender Clinic until a new state law forced it to shutter, handed over transgender patient records as part of a medical billing fraud investigation.

Judge Strikes Down Arkansas’ Gender-Affirming Care Ban

An Arkansas law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors was blocked by a U.S. district judge who called the policy unconstitutional.

Vaccine Scientist Peter Hotez Says He Was ‘Stalked’ After Billionaires—And Joe Rogan—Urge Him To Debate RFK Jr.

Vaccine scientist Peter Hotez says anti-vaxxers showed up at his Texas home in the aftermath of the Twitter debate between the doctor, podcaster Joe Rogan and several other public figures.

Federal Judge Blocks Indiana’s Ban On Gender-Affirming Care—But Upholds Ban On Reassignment Surgery

Indiana is one of 20 states that have passed laws restricting care for trans people.