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Actress died of breast cancer at age 76. (People)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. (Fierce Healthcare)

The FDA is planning to linked to health risks. (CNN)

Rite Aid has . (CNBC)

More than a decade after approval, is still not easily accessible to Black women. (KFF Health News)

A new review app allows to report bias in their delivery care. (NPR)

Meanwhile, three over the next several weeks in Alabama, a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation. (NBC News)

Case rates of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) , according to the CDC. (NBC News)

The World Health Organization called and anticipated ground invasion of Gaza a "death sentence" for Palestinians in hospitals; the international agency is accelerating the delivery of medical supplies. (The Hill)

Calorie restriction and trigger biological pathways that support healthy aging. (Aging Cell)

A neuroscientist who helped develop Cassava Sciences' investigational drug simufilam for Alzheimer's disease " according to a City University of New York report. (Science)

Digital wearable devices harnessing machine learning for tracking Parkinson's disease progression. (npj Parkinson's Disease)

After the strike, health workers at Kaiser Permanente over 4 years. (NPR)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill raising the to $25 per hour. (The Hill)

In COVID news, three vaccine doses led to , a meta-analysis found. (Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology)

Novavax's is now available in U.S. pharmacies. (Reuters)

Why is severe COVID less common ? NIH researchers found some clues.

Medicare open enrollment is underway. Here's . (KFF Health News)

How did Elf Bar 4 months after the FDA banned them? A name change. (AP)

A virtual driving test may help . (Pediatrics)

After being wrongfully declared dead, a Missouri woman has been fighting to . (People)

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    Shannon Firth has been reporting on health policy as 's Washington correspondent since 2014. She is also a member of the site's Enterprise & Investigative Reporting team.