Fauci: Never Been as Sick in My Life; Badminton for Sexual Urges? Tattoo Ink Recall

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"I've never been as sick in my life," said Anthony Fauci, MD, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about his from West Nile virus. (STAT)

Would help address the severe kidney shortage? Newly proposed federal legislation wants to pilot the idea. (NPR)

Two Massachusetts counties plan to spray for mosquitoes after the state's first case of the deadly in 4 years was detected, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced.

A federal appeals court for Florida to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors. (AP)

In other court news, Planned Parenthood is that banned Medicaid funding from going to its clinics. (AP)

Some farmworkers working with bird flu-infected cows haven't received beyond gloves. (KFF Health News)

More than 500 therapists told ProPublica about the myriad of factors that led them to .

In new sex education guidance, teens in Hong Kong are being encouraged to seek distractions to fight sexual urges. (New York Times)

The WHO says that . Meanwhile, Germany to fight the outbreak in Africa. (AP via ABC News, Reuters)

In other mpox news, a passenger at a Brazil airport suspected of having the virus , hospital officials say. (Reuters)

Stop & Shop said it will at its hundreds of grocery stores by the end of the month.

The Biden administration for navigators to help underserved people sign up for insurance coverage on the Affordable Care Act's federal marketplace, HHS announced.

Is vaccine hesitancy impacting ? Data suggest yes. (Axios)

"Real Housewives of Orange County" star Vicki Gunvalson revealed that she was recently hospitalized with . (Newsweek)

People are increasingly , complicating the social dynamics of when to stay home. (New York Times)

Several Sierra Stain have been recalled due to microorganism contamination, according to the FDA.

A type 1 diabetes patient talks about her successful treatment with an investigational currently in trials; the patient hasn't needed insulin since last August. (Washington Post)

Pfizer launched a called PfizerForAll that will offer telehealth services for patients to access treatments like nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) and the company's migraine pill rimegepant (Nurtec). (Reuters)

One of the is evacuating as Israeli forces get closer. (AP)