Trump and Eugenics; Doctors Poised to Strike; Laced Pizza Sickens Dozens

— Health news and commentary gathered by staff

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When former president Donald Trump talks about the "bad genes" of undocumented immigrants, experts hear . (STAT)

If elected to a second term, Trump said he would let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "go wild" on . (The Hill)

With flu season about to hit, is about to get much more complicated. (STAT)

from the post-acute symptoms of other respiratory viruses, researchers found. (JAMA Network Open)

More than half of insured Americans don't know how much their . (Axios)

McDonald's said it this week, though in some states without the slivered onions linked to 75 cases of E. coli.

Both Republicans and Democrats are promising to crack down on focusing on law enforcement over treatment. (Politico)

Anti-abortion groups want the Supreme Court to overturn a 2000 ruling that prevented protesting . (USA Today)

In what could be a first for the state, doctors at two medical centers in over wages and work conditions. (KGW8)

from 2022 to 2023 amid a rise in prescriptions for GLP-1 receptor agonists. (JAMA Network Open)

Dozens in Wisconsin were sickened by after a cook inadvertently purchased oil containing Delta-9, a form of THC, after running out of cooking oil. (AP)

An astronaut who manned SpaceX's Crew-8 mission was following an unspecified "medical issue." (ABC News)

A a New Jersey hospital misplaced a stillborn infant's remains and performed an autopsy against the parent's wishes. (NJ.com)

Nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital may be penalized for enrolling in that were not compliant with Massachusetts state law. (Boston.com)

This ICU nurse studies the that makes healthcare all the more challenging for patients. (STAT)

Grateful Dead bassist and founding member Phil Lesh . (Los Angeles Times)

NPR offers an and why it has surged in popularity.

The FDA warned , which were recalled following a host of serious adverse events in patients who had the radiographic marker devices implanted in breast tissue.

Meanwhile, the agency released guidance for to help identify and prevent microbial contamination.

The source of this woman's abdominal pain and infections came from years after a complicated delivery. (Washington Post)

Ever heard of a ""? This woman threw one 5 years after her stage IV breast cancer diagnosis. (Washington Post)

In Ethiopia, a is undoing years of progress against the disease. (New York Times)

The New York Times looks at .