Stephen Colbert's Surgery; BA.2.86 Variant Triples; Ransomware Attack Hits Hospitals

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"The Late Show" is sidelined this week as host from a burst appendix. (AP)

The BA.2.86 COVID variant tripled in and now accounts for nearly one in 10 new cases in the U.S.

Here are five about the latest disease outbreak in China. (Politico)

Britain detected its first human case of flu . (Reuters)

The FDA for dry eye disease, Aldeyra Therapeutics said.

A ransomware attack affected services at that are owned or partly owned by Tennessee-based Ardent Health Services. (CNN)

Many autoimmune disease patients . (KFF Health News)

Greater adherence to cancer prevention recommendations from the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research was associated with a and some individual cancers. (BMC Medicine)

A groundbreaking smoking ban has been . (Washington Post)

Meanwhile, France plans to in an effort to thwart 75,000 tobacco-related deaths per year. (AP)

As bird flu spreads in Europe, France . (Reuters)

New weight-loss drugs . (New York Times)

Is tirzepatide (Mounjaro) than semaglutide (Ozempic) when it comes to weight loss? (medRxiv)

Here is a tool to . (CNN)

Idaho asked the U.S. Supreme Court to . (Reuters)

Is this new group ? (KFF Health News)

Novartis (Sandimmune) oral solution due to crystal formation in some bottles.

After Egypt wiped out hepatitis C, it is . (New York Times)

Here's how the American Red Cross . (CNBC)

Looking for a physical therapist? Be . (KFF Health News)

Are ? (Time)

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    Jennifer Henderson joined as an enterprise and investigative writer in Jan. 2021. She has covered the healthcare industry in NYC, life sciences and the business of law, among other areas.