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Still No Luck With Ivermectin; Parents Dis Vax Mandates; Vraylar OK'd for Depression

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff

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Six days of ivermectin at a dose of 600 μg/kg for patients with early, mild to moderate COVID-19, new results from the ACTIV-6 study found. (medRxiv)

You think you had a bad day: a 2-year-old Ugandan boy after being partly swallowed by a hippo. (CNN)

The , an American Catholic priest and anti-abortion activist, from the priesthood. (New York Times)

Nearly three in 10 parents , a Kaiser Family Foundation survey found.

for a 58-year-old Phoenix woman to discover the cause of her crippling digestive problems. (Washington Post)

taking the new drugs available to treat sickle cell disease? (STAT)

Recently approved type 2 diabetes drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is , according to the FDA. (Reuters)

Some parents of college students at the institutions. (Kaiser Health News)

The Biden administration , says Science editor-in-chief H. Holden Thorp, PhD. (Science)

Nurses at 12 New York City hospitals ; wages, benefits, and staffing levels are at issue. (CBS New York)

Meanwhile, in Florida, , threatening staffing levels in the state. (Tampa Bay Times)

More than a third of executions carried out in the U.S. this year , according to a by the Death Penalty Information Center. (The Guardian)

A data breach means more than 250,000 Medicare enrollees . (CNBC)

The FDA has as an adjunctive treatment for major depression, the company announced.

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals that its pivotal phase III MAESTRO-NASH trial of resmetirom for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) met its primary endpoint; the company plans to seek accelerated approval with the FDA.

An aromatherapy spray that killed two people in 2021 because it was contaminated with a deadly bacteria . (NBC News)

Alice Tapper, the 15-year-old daughter of CNN personality Jake Tapper, says the misdiagnosis of her appendicitis . (CNN)

Speaking of diagnoses, working on breast cancer stories led an Insider editor to advocate for her own health -- . (Insider)

COVID-19 is , but leaders there say a relaxation of quarantining rules is not to blame. (CBS News)

Meanwhile, models predict the country will see ; the country has officially reported just over 5,000 since the start of the pandemic. (Washington Post)

An addiction clinic wanted to motivate its patients with gift cards, . (Kaiser Health News)

Canada will to make physician-assisted death available for people with mental illness. (The Guardian)

Think you're good at reading peoples' faces? . (Washington Post)

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    Joyce Frieden oversees Ƶ’s Washington coverage, including stories about Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, healthcare trade associations, and federal agencies. She has 35 years of experience covering health policy.