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CDC Alert on Potentially Fatal Virus; Free Abortions at DNC; New COVID Vax Imminent

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The CDC alerted doctors to look out for , a potentially deadly virus spread by biting midges in the Amazon basin; 11 cases have been identified in the U.S. this year.

And the agency said a multistate has sickened 51 people and led to 23 hospitalizations.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) said the state of a hospital operated by Steward Health Care and that deals have been reached to transition four other hospitals run by the financially troubled health system to new operators. (CBS News)

A mobile Planned Parenthood clinic will at the Democratic National Convention. (Fox News)

related to the deaths of 11 Michigan residents during a 2012 meningitis outbreak caused by tainted steroids. (AP)

Massachusetts reported its first case of since 2020. (CBS News)

A Texas couple was arrested after police say they , who subsequently died. (AP)

In response to the new global mpox emergency, maker of the modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic vaccine (Jynneos) said it can produce next year. (STAT)

Infectious disease experts are will not spread broadly in the U.S. (NBC News)

Sources are saying the FDA could as soon as this week. (CNN)

Meanwhile, Pfizer and BioNTech said a phase III trial testing their missed one of its primary endpoints.

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Meet gabapentin, the from itching to sciatica. (New York Times)

Perdue Foods recalled after metal wires were found in some of its products. (AP)

Extreme heat can be deadly, and . (STAT)

Speaking of which, 100 people sought emergency care and 10 were hospitalized due to . (AP)

Some . Is your cat in danger? (USA Today)

There have been since the start of the full-scale war there, according to the WHO.

Palestinian in an unvaccinated 10-month old child in Gaza. (AP)

A has so far killed at least 22 people there. (AP)