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Eleven children were treated for injuries following a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade on Wednesday, in which one person died and at least 21 others were injured. (New York Times, NBC News)
The global stockpile of cholera vaccines has been emptied due to ongoing outbreaks in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and other countries. (Reuters)
To the horror of a woman who discovered her biological father was her mother’s fertility doctor, her former high school boyfriend turned out to have been her half-sibling. (CNN)
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists still have the trust of the general public around the world, though people in Germany and Japan expressed below-average trust in a survey. (Nature)
People who had COVID-19 reported more incident fatigue and chronic fatigue in the following year, based on a CDC analysis of data from Washington state.
Extending the interdose interval of the BNT162b2 COVID vaccine out to 56 days or longer was associated with 66% lower risk of incident carditis among adolescents. (NPJ Vaccines)
A Polish doctor was rescued from her kidnappers, who had abducted her and a Mexican colleague while volunteering at a hospital in Chad. (BBC News)
Israeli forces entered Nasser Hospital, the largest remaining working hospital in Gaza. (CNN)
A federal lawsuit alleged that Mississippi prisoners were required to clean the facility with chemicals that may cause cancer. One former inmate developed terminal breast cancer and says she was denied timely medical care. (AP)
A large lobby aquarium possibly shielded people from the impact of the Tuesday evening car crash at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center. (AP)
Biogen said it is cooperating with the federal authorities investigating its aducanumab (Aduhelm) launch and foreign business operations. (Endpoints)
The FDA said the Medfusion Model 4000 Syringe Pump is under class I recall, and users should check that they are not running earlier software versions that had problems.
In a series of interviews, Black women explained their preference for Black obstetricians based on their personal pregnancy experiences. (NBC News)
A new high school dedicated to health sciences — namely diagnostic medicine, physical therapy, mental health, and nursing — is under construction in Queens, New York. (ABC7)
The Blood DESERT Coalition is a new global collaborative to address extreme blood unavailability in rural settings and propose short-term strategies to help these blood deserts. (Lancet Global Health)
Smoking changed a person’s short- and long-term immune system, with clinical implications for the risk of developing infections, cancers, or autoimmune diseases. (Nature)
Plus-size body positivity advocates pushed back against using semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for weight loss. (Washington Post)
A vaccine for the current strain of bird flu is expected in 18 months or so, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Reuters)
A hospital laundry service located a doctor’s lost diamond ring that had been in the pocket of her scrub. (NBC4)
Anthony Epstein, the pathologist who helped discover Epstein-Barr virus, died at 102. (Washington Post)
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
