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RFK Jr.'s Lawyer Asked FDA to Pull Polio Vaccine; Pollution-VTE Link; H5N1 in Cats

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The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick health officials to serve in the upcoming Trump administration has petitioned the FDA to . (New York Times)

In other Trump administration news, Ed Martin, an activist who , has been selected as chief of staff at the Office of Management and Budget. (CNN)

Drugmakers last year raised prices on five widely used medications without any clinical evidence to justify the increases, resulting in an in U.S. spending, according to an Institute for Clinical and Economic Review report.

The , with just over a third getting flu shots through the end of November. (NBC News)

"Delay, deny, depose. You people are next." A woman in Florida was arrested after police said she echoing those of the person who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (ABC News)

Meanwhile, the man charged with killing Thompson was , police said. (AP)

The Montana Supreme Court has that temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting transition-related healthcare for minors. (NBC News)

Long-term exposure to air pollution was associated with a (VTE), researchers reported in Blood.

Using , a deep learning model was able to accurately stage and diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging)

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that governments are .

WHO also announced that are on the decline.

Over 230,000 bottles of the due to the presence of a potential carcinogen. (USA Today)

The FDA to include pediatric patients with symptomatic acute decompensated heart failure and cardiogenic shock, Johnson & Johnson said.

Senate Chaplain Barry Black was . (AP)

Raw milk has been in California since a recall brought on by the detection of H5N1 virus, but none of the illnesses have been identified as bird flu. (CNN)

Could cats end up ? (New York Times)

, officials warned residents of a town in Maine. (AccuWeather)

Maryland's health secretary told state lawmakers she was of patient abuse and violence at a high-security hospital. (Maryland Matters)

A pilot program covering obesity drugs for government employees in West Virginia, the state with the highest obesity rate, has . (The Atlantic)

More than half of the cases in Puerto Rico's current dengue outbreak have . (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

A report documented at a New Jersey nursing home. (New York Times)