Largest COVID Vax Safety Study; Kratom Deaths Rising; Gov. Threatens Hospital Chain

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

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An analysis based on 99 million people globally who confirmed previously established safety signals for myocarditis, pericarditis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, and identified other areas that may need further research. (Vaccine)

Zimbabwe started an emergency campaign to inoculate over 4 million children against polio after detecting three cases caused by a used in oral vaccines. (AP)

The United Nations World Food Program is because it can't ensure its staff will be safe. One in six children in northern Gaza . (The Hill)

A Washington Post review of state and federal records reported that medical examiners and coroners increasingly between 2020 and 2022.

More than face a high or very high risk of a measles outbreak this year, the World Health Organization warned. (Reuters)

Meanwhile, an is the latest in a string of nearly a dozen U.S. states with measles flare-ups. (USA Today)

About 80% of voters said it's very important for the 2024 presidential candidates to talk about and inflation, according to a new KFF health tracking poll.

Ancient DNA revealed and Edwards syndrome among historic and prehistoric individuals. (Nature Communications)

Sleep signatures were altered for depression. (Translational Psychiatry)

Here's what have taught us about the brain. (Nature)

The from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and two other Republican lawmakers who had their pay docked in 2021 for refusing to comply with a mask mandate. (USA Today)

Eviction filings were associated with among renters during the first 20 months of the COVID pandemic. (JAMA)

A substantial proportion of grad students and postdoc trainees at three health-focused Harvard schools during the academic year. (JAMA Network Open)

Medical interns and residents in South Korea to protest government plans to add more doctors to the workforce. (BBC)

Fentanyl use , a country that so far has avoided an epidemic of fentanyl overdoses. (Reuters)

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) from Steward Health Care by close of business Friday, saying if the company cannot maintain staffing and supply levels necessary for patient safety, the state would take action. (Boston Herald)

Analyses of up to 245,000 genomes in the NIH All of Us program found more than and uncovered inequities in genetics research. (Nature)

One-fourth of menthol cigarette smokers , a meta-analysis found. (Nicotine & Tobacco Research)

Nordic Naturals recalled one lot of its supplement due to a manufacturing error that led to a super-potent dose of the vitamin.

Prevention and treatment must work together to address the , CDC experts said. (Health Affairs)

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia were looking for a hospital patient whom they say while wearing a medical gown. (AP)

CNN profiled oncologist Catherine Wu, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, who for her "decisive contributions" to cancer research.

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