BA.2.86 Variant Spotted in 10 States; Vax and Long COVID; Children and Suicide

— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff

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The highly mutated from Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. (CBS News)

Pfizer in the U.S. this year. (Reuters)

The was detailed in an inaugural report from the WHO.

Here's amid an outbreak in India. (ABC News)

Vaccination after long COVID was linked to fewer symptoms and less inflammation, showed. (International Journal of Infectious Diseases)

The cost burdens of Medicare coverage for people 65 and older was from the Commonwealth Fund.

The fight over Medicare payments . (Axios)

Google and the Department of Defense to help doctors detect cancer. (CNBC)

CMS finalized a in Medicare Savings Programs.

Social media posts suggested some patients were for the new COVID vaccine, which should be covered by most insurance plans. (CBS News)

The FDA for Accord Healthcare's generic tacrolimus capsules, which are used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients.

The agency also to clarify how the drug can be used in patients with Parkinson's disease, Acadia Pharmaceuticals said.

Patients prescribed higher buprenorphine doses for opioid use disorder . (JAMA Network Open)

Health programs are amid the threat of a government shutdown. (Axios)

Could a lawsuit in New Jersey ? (New York Times)

The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed a complaint against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R), alleging his public statements about a doctor's provision of abortion services to a 10-year-old from Ohio . (The Hill)

After more than a year, Planned Parenthood . (AP)

Total abortion bans are not popular, . (The 19th)

AI and machine learning provided a high diagnostic and classification performance in . (Frontiers in Endocrinology)

Exposures to certain phenols, parabens, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances were linked with increased odds of . (Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology)

As more young children die by suicide, . (CBS News)

Babies died from in North Carolina and justice has been hard to find. (NBC News)

Margaret Chung, the first known American woman of Chinese ancestry , was a doctor who was "different from others." (New York Times)

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    Jennifer Henderson joined as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.