Trump: 6-Week Abortion Ban a 'Mistake'; Capitol Doc Scrutiny; Immigrant Health Costs

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Former president Donald Trump called a "terrible mistake." (NBC News)

Meanwhile, former vice president Mike Pence said he . (The Hill)

The Biden administration plans to for shirking mental health parity laws. (Politico)

Capitol physician Brian Monahan, MD, has after citing dehydration as a potential cause of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) recent medical episodes. (New York Times)

For decades, pharmacists told the FDA that the decongestant phenylephrine doesn't work in oral cold medicines; ? (New York Times)

in a universal flu vaccine clinical trial, the NIH announced.

Randomized trials for researchers say. (STAT)

Pfizer's COVID vaccine related to the virus in kids under 5 years of age, a study in JAMA showed.

Total were less than half that of U.S.-born adults, new data suggest. (JAMA Network Open)

Medication errors related to pediatric attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) prescriptions have . (Pediatrics)

The FDA sent a slew of warning letters to online retailers along with manufacturers and/or distributors over .

And the agency released new saying that interchangeable biosimilars will no longer be required to call out their interchangeable designation on their labels, as

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced plans to in launching a new cancer hospital in Boston, effectively ending its partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital when the time comes. (WCVB5)

Johnson & Johnson is under investigation in South Africa over , a critical tuberculosis (TB) medication. (AP)

Conflict and climate change are to end AIDS, TB, and malaria by 2030. (Reuters)

Meanwhile, the by the end of the year are also not looking good, according to a report from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. (STAT)

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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.