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Counterfeit Ozempic; Mary Lou Retton Discharged; No Such Thing as Free Will?

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In Austria, several people were hospitalized after using semaglutide (Ozempic). (Reuters)

Meanwhile, Belgium wants to for weight loss due to a short supply for patients with type 2 diabetes. (Reuters)

The CDC issued a warning about , a drug used to treat respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants.

to reconsider a proposed rule to set minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. (The Hill)

The FDA accepted AstraZeneca's (FluMist Quadrivalent) for review, the company announced.

Olympic gold medalist after a fight with a rare form of pneumonia, according to her family. (The New York Times)

The FDA approved a novel subcutaneous administration of infliximab (Zymfentra) for maintenance therapy in adults with and Crohn's disease, drug maker Celltrion USA announced.

The for chronic spontaneous urticaria, citing the need for additional efficacy data, Sanofi and Regeneron said.

After decreasing at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data showed abortions by June 2022. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Medtronic received FDA (Aurora EV-ICD system) to treat abnormal heart rhythms and sudden cardiac arrest.

Gut fungi, , was shown to be linked with severe COVID-19. (Nature Immunology)

Long COVID researchers are optimistic . (TIME)

A ninth-grade student from Virginia was named "America's Top Young Scientist" after . (USA Today)

Annual emergency department visits by adolescents with mental health disorders from 2018 to 2021, according to CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

After decades of research, a Stanford neurobiologist has determined there is . (Los Angeles Times)

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    Michael DePeau-Wilson is a reporter on Ƶ’s enterprise & investigative team. He covers psychiatry, long covid, and infectious diseases, among other relevant U.S. clinical news.