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How Frequent Is Long COVID? Ivana Trump’s Death; 25M Kids Skip Basic Vaccines

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

Last Updated July 20, 2022
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How often are patients Experts say it's hard to tell. (Gizmodo)

Interferon treatment may in patients with specific genetic factors that put them at a higher risk of hospitalization. (Nature Genetics)

The FDA sent manufacturers and more than 100 retailers about marketing unauthorized nicotine products or sales to underage buyers, but lawmakers and advocates say they missed the deadline to take more aggressive action. (CNN)

Patients with who underwent step therapy -- in which they started with a cheaper medication and then switched to a more expensive drug -- experienced good vision outcomes. (New England Journal of Medicine)

Ivana Trump, who had been married to former President Donald Trump, . (New York Times)

The House will vote on two bills Friday that aim to post-Roe. (AP)

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley (R) said it would be to restrict people from crossing state lines to seek abortion care. (Des Moines Register)

Indiana asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce a law that would increase for minors seeking abortion. (The Hill)

In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the Biden administration for its new rule requiring abortions to be provided in of the mother. (Washington Post)

Health officials in South Dakota identified the state's . (U.S. News & World Report)

What went wrong with the vaccine? (NBC News)

University Hospitals in Ohio said it will services at two of its hospitals, citing staff shortages. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Peer comparison at work -- showing people how their performance matched up to their colleagues -- was associated with among physicians, according to a study in PNAS.

The FTC settled charges that the Hikma Pharmaceuticals $375 million acquisition of Custopharm would have for the corticosteroid drug triamcinolone acetonide, or TCA.

Approximately 25 million kids worldwide for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis last year, largely because of pandemic disruptions and vaccine misinformation, according to the UN. (AP)

Correction: An earlier version of this article reported that the FDA warned more than 100 synthetic nicotine manufacturers.

  • Amanda D'Ambrosio is a reporter on Ƶ’s enterprise & investigative team. She covers obstetrics-gynecology and other clinical news, and writes features about the U.S. healthcare system.