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Comedian Amy Schumer revealed she has , a hormonal disorder brought on from excess cortisol in the body. (CNN)

The Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children could have . (Washington Post)

Meanwhile, as the GOP from the IVF ruling, support for a bill introduced by Sen. Tammy Duckworth's (D-Ill.) that would federally protect the fertility treatment. (The Hill)

The FDA of multiple myeloma drug melphalan flufenamide (Pepaxto); the move followed a failed confirmatory trial and a long back-and-forth with drugmaker Oncopeptides.

And the agency declined to approve the antibiotic combination for complicated urinary tract infections, citing manufacturing issues, said drugmakers VenatoRx Pharmaceuticals and Melinta Therapeutics.

Increasing rates of antidepressant dispensing for adolescents and young adults accelerated after the COVID-19 outbreak, and was . (Pediatrics)

The Maryland House passed a bill that on the state exchange. (AP)

Cases of have spiked in a number of Southern U.S. states in recent weeks, according to the CDC.

Well-known Johns Hopkins resigned after misconduct accusations. (Washington Post)

Change Healthcare's systems are , affecting pharmacy and hospital billing. (CNBC)

Here's of hackers. (Seattle Times)

In Texas, a woman was denied care for a life-threatening . (Washington Post)

A man was arrested in connection to the , a student at Augusta University College of Nursing in Georgia; the suspect had no relationship to the victim prior to her death, police say. (ABC News)

Home births -- including like vaginal deliveries after C-section -- are on the rise. (STAT)

after the end of a pandemic-era policy that had blocked states from disenrollment. (New York Times)

Roger Guillemin, MD, PhD, a Nobel-prize winner and , died at age 100. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Actor Kenneth Mitchell, of "Star Trek: Discovery," died at 49 . (Variety)

South Korea has given junior doctors to cease their strike over plans to increase the size of the workforce. (Reuters)

The World Health Organization for viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2024-2025 flu season.

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    Sophie Putka is an enterprise and investigative writer for . Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Discover, Business Insider, Inverse, Cannabis Wire, and more. She joined in August of 2021.