Trump Wants Dealers Executed; School Closures and Suicide; Double Uterus Pregnancy

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Former president Donald Trump again called for the . (The Hill)

The U.K.'s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization has to help prevent gonorrhoea.

Two more have closed their doors to patients as Israel continues its bombardment. (Reuters)

Kaiser Permanente health workers , increasing their wages by 21%. (Reuters)

The White House announced for veterans. (The Hill)

Maternal COVID vaccination during -- but not before -- pregnancy was associated with infection for infants. (JAMA Network Open)

Antivirals for the flu are being . (Pediatrics)

A two-state analysis found that longer school closures during the pandemic were linked with . (JAMA Network Open).

The number of U.S. adults who say they're having "serious difficulty" with has gone up considerably since the start of the pandemic. (New York Times)

New York has a new -- famed sex-therapist Dr. Ruth. (Politico)

A federal program designed to incentivize physicians to practice in high-need areas has had on physician density or patient mortality. (Washington Post)

Black women reporting had an increased stroke risk. (JAMA Network Open)

It's not only opioids now: studies have shown that is increasingly the norm, complicating treatment. (New York Times)

In under 24 hours last week, members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department took their own lives. (CNN)

An Alabama woman with is pregnant in both, an extremely rare occurrence. (WVTM 13)

A pilot program in Pittsburgh is using mobile clinics with to reach people who might otherwise be hesitant to seek basic medical services. (USA Today)

A pilot for Alaska Airlines said he thought he was after taking psychedelic mushrooms, and tried to crash the flight he was on to "wake up" from it. (New York Times)

The FDA , a non-opioid analgesic, to include additional nerve block indications, drugmaker Pacira announced.

And Valneva reported from the pivotal phase III trial of its chikungunya vaccine (Ixchiq) in adolescents.

More than 500 children may have been in Nebraska. (USA Today)

There's science behind the of soothing a child with gentle, light scratches on the back or head. (NPR)

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    Sophie Putka is an enterprise and investigative writer for . Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Discover, Business Insider, Inverse, Cannabis Wire, and more. She joined in August of 2021.