Judge Halts Texas' Trans Investigations; Obama Has COVID; Child Deaths and Omicron

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A from investigating parents of transgender children for possible child abuse in relation to the use of gender-affirming care. (NPR)

"If they come to our door, ," said Tracy and Matt, parents of a transgender son who declined to give their last name, during a rally for transgender children in Austin, Texas. (Dallas Morning News)

Barack Obama announced on Twitter that he ; the former president, who is vaccinated and boosted, urged holdouts to get their shot.

Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough plans to recommend , including closing certain hospitals and outpatient clinics. (Washington Post)

Multiple states are to anticipate the next COVID-19 surge. (Politico)

As of Monday at 8 a.m. EST, is 79,517,492 cases and 967,552 deaths, up 246,026 cases and 8,931 deaths from this time last week.

One in three happened during the Omicron surge, according to CDC data. (New York Post)

The FDA rejected benralizumab (Fasenra) as a treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, .

Patient advocacy groups are to get Medicare to pay for aducanumab (Aduhelm), the controversial new Alzheimer's disease drug. (Reuters)

The World Health Organization (WHO) and others called for "an ," citing 31 documented attacks on facilities and ambulances.

The WHO said , but raised concerns that the war could cause a surge in in the region. (Reuters, CNN)

A young neurologist, who fled Kyiv for Lutsk in western Ukraine, shared how she now spends her days: . (NPR)

The Texas Supreme Court has on a federal challenge of the state's ban on most abortions after 6 weeks. (New York Times)

If a bill in Missouri is passed into law, would be criminalized for getting abortions. (Newsweek)

Sutter Health, a large Northern California health system, was cleared by a federal jury on allegations that it to drive up costs. (AP)

An internal memo shared by one Las Vegas hospital for suggesting a mandatory overtime policy. (Becker's Hospital Review)

The trial of four men has been postponed after an "essential participant" tested positive for coronavirus. (AP via ABC News)

Gun buying and suicides have both in the last few years -- are the two linked? (Kaiser Health News)

Some good news: Texas saw a for 2022 compared to the prior year, and other southern states saw sign-ups increase 30% or more, according to White House data. (Fierce Healthcare)

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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.