More Bird Flu Spread; FDA to Allow Gay Men to Donate Sperm; 'Oatzempic' Trend

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The bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle , infecting a herd in Ohio for the first time and additional herds in Kansas and New Mexico. (Reuters)

Its spread has the and concerned about the risk to humans. (Reuters, STAT)

The FDA that prevent gay and bisexual men from donating sperm, according to a Wall Street Journal report. (Daily Mail)

In other agency news, FDA issued more than 100 warning letters to retailers over the .

And it for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma after exposure to three classes of therapy and at least two prior lines of treatment, Bristol Myers Squibb announced.

Kristin Lyerly, MD, MPH, an ob/gyn who performs abortions, is running for a . (AP)

The expected increase in the global population could lead to a . (CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians)

More than one in eight women giving birth by care givers during childbirth, a cross-sectional study found. (JAMA Network Open)

Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill that would require public school students to produced by an anti-abortion group. (AP)

Meanwhile, a court in Tennessee is weighing an effort by doctors and women to in cases involving pregnancy complications. (Reuters)

While California's public universities provide abortion pills, many leave their students . (NPR)

Treatments for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) are often futile -- and can be . (KFF Health News)

A pair of identical twins are at . Why? (NPR)

Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, the surgeon general during the Trump administration, is urging conservative states to in order to reduce transmission of infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis C and save lives during the fentanyl epidemic. (Axios)

has a positive impact on income. (PLoS One)

The federal government should "rather than let them remain in open-air sites along the border, according to a federal district court judge. (New York Times)

Another weight-loss trend -- " -- is making the rounds on social media. (CBS News)

Suicide among NCAA athletes has . (British Journal of Sports Medicine)

Can so-called flotation therapy ? (Washington Post)

are on the rise. (STAT)

U.K. doctors have there, ending a year-long battle. (AP)

What countries have the ? (The Week)

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    Mike Bassett is a staff writer focusing on oncology and hematology. He is based in Massachusetts.