First Measles Cases in Chicago; Bubonic Plague Death; Tapeworm Larvae in Man's Brain

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

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The CDC sent a team to Chicago in response to since 2019. (ABC News)

Data from the U.K. fall 2023 booster campaign showed of two different COVID vaccines. (The Lancet)

Calcium and vitamin D supplements appeared to reduce cancer mortality and in post-menopausal women after more than 20 years of follow-up. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Prisons were not built for the of the aging prison population. (NPR)

New Mexico health officials said a local man , the first such death since 2020. (Scripps News)

The FDA (Praluent) as an adjunct to diet and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering therapies to include pediatric patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, Regeneron said.

A new proposal from the Heritage Foundation, designed for a second term of former President Donald Trump, would by splitting the agency in two. (Politico)

Meanwhile, Trump said "there is a lot you can do" to like Social Security and Medicare. (The Hill)

The FDA , a form of glatiramer acetate, for multiple sclerosis, Viatris and Mapi Pharma said.

Tapeworm larvae in a case report of a U.S. man who consumed undercooked bacon. (American Journal of Case Reports)

China plans to that respond to potential outbreaks by five to 25. (Reuters)

The American Academy of Dermatology voted after a controversial campaign to have them removed. (NBC News)

Experts said leaked internal messages for an international group of transgender health professionals between gender-affirming care and cancer. (STAT News)

The Congressional Budget Office suggested that obesity drugs like semaglutide (Wegovy) in part due to recent findings about heart benefits. (Endpoint News)

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    Michael DePeau-Wilson is a reporter on ’s enterprise & investigative team. He covers psychiatry, long covid, and infectious diseases, among other relevant U.S. clinical news.