Trump Avoids Talk of Father's Alzheimer’s; Teens Smell Like Goats; AI Drugs a Bust?

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While as being "cognitively impaired," he avoids talk about his own father's battle with Alzheimer's disease. (Washington Post)

Smoking in the abdomen, a study in Addiction found.

The Senate is launching an investigation into amid lingering concerns about the origins of COVID-19. (Axios)

Apparently, toddlers smell like flowers and , according to a body odor study in Communications Chemistry.

Young kids may still have up to 3 months later. (JAMA Network Open)

Allergy season in the U.S. has this year. (AP)

The latest trend inspired by social media misinformation: women . (Washington Post)

The 988 suicide and lifeline may soon route callers rather than their phone's area code. (CNN)

Held up by partisan battles, funding for the (PEPFAR) was extended another year. (The Hill)

Programs supported by PEPFAR across 36 countries boosted completion rates of up to 87% in people with HIV, CDC data found.

? Some men scheduled their vasectomy procedures to align with the NCAA basketball tournament. (USA Today)

The first have fallen short in early-stage trials. (Endpoints News)

Starting next week, to suspending licenses of striking residents and interns. (AP)

Meanwhile, are entering their second week of protests demanding better pay and working conditions. (AP)

A Russian court rejected a lawsuit that claimed poor medical treatment at the prison where the Russian opposition leader died last month. (AP)

A 25-year-old woman with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, on social media with a pre-written eulogy. (People)

In a trifecta of recalls announced by FDA:

  • are being recalled for secretly containing sildenafil (Viagra) and/or tadalafil (Cialis)
  • InfuTronix voluntarily recalled the following a slew of customer complaints
  • And the agency designated Vyaire Medical's recall as class I -- the most serious type -- because of a defect linked to two deaths.

In related news, over 440,000 after people were injuring themselves. (NPR)

And the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned the public due to choking hazards.

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    Kristen Monaco is a senior staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and nephrology news. Based out of the New York City office, she’s worked at the company since 2015.