Kate Middleton Discharged; Philips to Halt Apnea Device Sales; Pet Dragon Warning

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Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, has been discharged from the hospital nearly 2 weeks after abdominal surgery for an undisclosed condition. (AP)

Physicians for U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said his and that no further treatment would be required. (AP)

The by Israel that the organization was ignoring Hamas's military use of hospitals. (France 24)

Philips as part of an FDA settlement; millions of the breathing machines have been recalled over concerns that soundproofing foam in the devices carried a possible cancer risk. (CNBC)

More than 170,000 people in U.S. nursing homes died from COVID-19, but have received the latest booster. (Politico)

You've had COVID. How long does last? (NPR)

CEOs of Merck and Johnson & Johnson avoided a potential subpoena by hearing about rising drug prices. (CNBC)

in an execution last week garnered harsh criticism from the U.N. Human Rights Office and European Union. (USA Today)

Beginning in April, North Carolina's state health plan will end of semaglutide (Wegovy) and other pricey weight-loss drugs. (New York Times)

Navy veterans who worked at a shipyard in Long Beach, California may have been . (NBC News)

Some psychiatrists want to classify religious trauma, an experience common to millions of LGBTQ Americans, . (NBC News)

Babies born in Minnesota will now be . (CBS News)

Researchers are studying whether keto diets can . (NPR)

In the latest settlement involving weedkiller Roundup, Bayer was over claims that it caused a man's cancer. (Reuters)

The FDA expanded its for dietary supplements containing toxic yellow oleander, a poisonous plant native to Mexico and Central America.

A rare Salmonella strain was in the U.S. and Canada. (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

Here's how one man . (People)

An elementary school in Florida is in an effort to reduce stress and potentially improve grades. (NPR)

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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.