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At least 930 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, including three dozen health workers, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. (AP)
Meanwhile, safety fears restrict the Ebola response in the worst-affected region, with at least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers already recorded during the outbreak. (AP)
Seven Americans are under quarantine at the controversial Ebola isolation facility in Kenya following a U.S. travel ban. (Reuters via AOL)
The FDA said the laboratory detection of Cyclospora in a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, which has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, turned out to be a false positive.
A third person has died in connection with New York City’s Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. (ABC News)
The FDA said Bolton Medical’s recalled stent graft system has been linked to three deaths.
STAT reviewed how proposed changes in Medicare payments to doctors could boost smoking cessation efforts.
A cohort study in JAMA Network Open found that attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder symptoms in boys were linked to problematic social media use.
Democrats in Congress are demanding answers after it was disclosed that an immigration enforcement officer involved in a deadly shooting in Maine had a history of mental health issues and violent behavior. (AP)
GSK announced it will end development of camlipixant for chronic cough after phase III trials suggested limited efficacy of the P2X3 receptor antagonist.
The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are suing a North Dakota hospital. (AP)
NPR examined the deaths of three children in Africa after the Trump administration claimed that no children died following the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
A German politician is being pressured to resign after it was revealed he had a child in the U.S. with the help of surrogacy, a practice that’s banned in Germany. (Washington Post)
What works and what doesn’t for stopping mosquitoes. (Washington Post)
