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Actor Donald Sutherland, who starred as surgeon Hawkeye Pierce in the film "M*A*S*H" among numerous other roles, of an undisclosed illness. (Variety)

Change Healthcare will whose information was compromised in the February cyberattack. (AP)

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed into law a bill requiring social media companies to for children and limit notifications. (CBS News)

In a phase III study, twice-yearly lenacapavir (Sunlenca) topped once-daily pre-exposure prophylaxis pills for HIV prevention in women, , Gilead Sciences announced.

Public health experts are worried about an increase in . (STAT)

The is forcing some patients to look for new doctors. (CBS News)

In the first year of CDC's HIV self-test program, about 440,000 tests were mailed to at-risk U.S. residents, a fourth of whom had never been tested before; , researchers reported in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Review (MMWR).

Another MMWR showed rates of increasing after the start of the pandemic.

Standardized surveillance may enable in children and young adults with cancer predisposition syndromes, according to a cohort study in JAMA Oncology.

A preliminary study suggested a clinical test may be able to diagnose , a cause of sudden cardiac arrest. (JAMA)

"If you're reading these words right now, I have died," in a video she created after being told she had little time to live. (People)

Can sildenafil (Viagra) ? (New York Times)

Break out the insect repellent: a record number of mosquitoes are testing positive for near Las Vegas. (NBC News)

Fewer than half of adult smokers surveyed in 2022 said they from a healthcare professional about ways to quit. (MMWR)

South Africa's public healthcare system has as the global supply of injectables has shifted to support the demand for new GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy). (New York Times)

Meanwhile, the WHO issued a showing up in the drug supply.

An online marketplace that ships chemicals used to make fentanyl from China to Mexico remains largely unhindered, despite a crackdown on . (Washington Post)