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Pelosi vs Trump on ACA; Life Expectancy Rises; Legal Definition of Death Questioned

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President Biden's re-election campaign enlisted Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to warn about from former President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

While still lower than prepandemic numbers, U.S. life expectancy in 2022, an increase of more than 1 year over 2021's estimates, the CDC said.

Provisional CDC estimates also showed the since 1941 and was an age-adjusted 1% higher in 2022 than 2021.

A World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson warned that than bombs if the health system in the Gaza Strip is not repaired. (Reuters)

Pope Francis cancelled his trip to the United Nations in Dubai due to influenza and lung inflammation, the Vatican said. (New York Times)

Ahead of the COP28 meeting, the WHO emphasized the importance of in global climate change discussions.

A two-decade found no evidence that using cannabis reduces . (American Journal of Psychiatry, The Guardian)

The American Medical Association issued development, deployment, and use, including physician liability when using AI-enabled technologies.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) of unfair business practices and about the anesthesiology firm's prices, executive salaries, payouts to investors, and acquisition of competitors. (Washington Post)

The Guardian offered a close look at ongoing questions over the and how they affect organ transplantation.

A British inquiry found where a worker committed sexual violations against the corpses of at least 101 women and girls. (BBC)

Traffic-related air pollution , a small crossover trial showed. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

A U.S. appeals court vacated a lower court's approval of a against DuPont, 3M, and other manufacturers of forever chemicals. (Reuters)

Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection substantially increased the , but the effect disappeared by 2022. (PNAS)

A nonprofit group aims to as a gender-affirming treatment. (STAT)

A was tied to a decreased risk of low hand grip strength in postmenopausal women, a cross-sectional study in Korea showed. (Menopause)

Kwik Trip because they contained cantaloupe from TruFresh that could potentially be contaminated with Salmonella.

The advocacy group 1DaySooner called for to encourage vaccine discovery. (Nature)

Walking more briskly may , a meta-analysis suggested. (British Journal of Sports Medicine)

The death of a young mother that extended from Washington, D.C., to California to Mexico. (NBC News)

Puerto Rico's . (Washington Post)

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for Ƶ, writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.