New FDA Boxed Warning; College Shaken by Suicides; More Get Flu Shot Than COVID Vax

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The FDA required new boxed warnings for CAR-T cancer therapies after reports of T cell malignancies.

The agency also sent Novartis a reprimand for its metastatic breast cancer drug ribociclib (Kisqali). (Endpoints News)

New York City said it will -- a top cause of personal bankruptcy -- for up to 500,000 residents. (AP)

The JN.1 variant now accounts for in the U.S. (Reuters)

President Biden will while in Virginia for a reelection campaign rally. (The Hill)

As donations dwindle and demand soars, abortion funds are . (STAT)

In Washington state, pharmacists are . (NPR)

Medical experts on what to do about lagging mammogram effectiveness for women with dense breast tissue. (STAT)

This New England college was , a spate of suicides. (New York Times)

Wyoming is . (NPR)

In the U.K., officials for missed measles, mumps, and rubella shots as measles cases tick up and vaccination rates are the lowest they've been in a decade. (AP)

The U.K. also in the wake of a review of current measures to reduce the risk of potentially long-term or irreversible side effects.

The European Medicines Agency of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy, including for reducing the risk of strokes and heart attacks. (Reuters)

Why are than COVID vaccines? (STAT)

Say cheese: this pair of rats after a photographer interested in human behavior trained them to do so. (New York Times)

The FDA issued a marketing denial order to Bidi Vapor for its Bidi Stick-Classic e-cigarette, noting that the product .

This is at long-term care facilities during wildfires. (KFF Health News)

A lawsuit alleges that an HIV-positive inmate died at a jail in northern California. (AP)

Can a tool for help predict disease risk? (Nature)

Dexter Scott King, the son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., . (AP)

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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.