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A North Carolina man who claims his 0.38-inch penis is the world’s smallest started a fundraiser for enlargement surgery. (The Guardian)
Michigan parents are facing murder charges after their 7-year-old boy, who weighed over 250 lb, died of heart disease, according to police. (People)
Oncologist Jeffrey Vacirca, MD, and radiologist and Pentagon health official Stephen Ferrara, MD, are also reportedly being considered for FDA commissioner. (Axios)
“Commitments that were made to me have been violated,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), sounding off on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s time as health secretary. (The Hill)
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) called for the military healthcare program TRICARE to cover applied behavior analysis for autism. (NBC News)
Meanwhile, a bipartisan Senate bill seeks to allow doctors who are board certified in addiction medicine to prescribe methadone directly to patients for pickup at a pharmacy. (STAT)
Support for prosecuting women who get an abortion is growing in the Republican party. (New York Times)
The European Commission opened an antitrust investigation into whether Sanofi disparaged a competitor’s flu vaccine.
The Justice Department ended its investigation of baby formula maker Abbott Laboratories, even though some prosecutors thought there was evidence for criminal charges. (Wall Street Journal via MSN)
Two Northeast urologists accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary neurostimulation implants to treat urinary incontinence agreed to a $2.2 million settlement, the Justice Department announced.
President Trump issued an executive order that aims to reduce pesticides in food and study associated health risks. (New York Times)
STAT examined why the novel obesity drug retatrutide might be prescribed for pulmonary hypertension as questions swirl over the mystery patient who gained access through an expanded use program.
France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, and a fourth toddler’s death has been linked to the heat wave. (AP, The Guardian)
Roughly 4,500 nurses and other clinicians at Mass General Brigham are planning to strike next month. (Boston.com)
Kids with spina bifida had higher risks for kidney disease, a cohort study from Canada found. (JAMA Network Open)
A total of 1,203 cases and 321 deaths have been confirmed in Congo’s Ebola’s outbreak, with 20 cases and two deaths confirmed in Uganda, according to the CDC.
Citing the urgency and scale of the outbreak — now second largest on record — the CDC raised its response to the highest level. (The Hill)
The Africa CDC said the whereabouts are unknown for nearly 300 people who tested positive for Ebola. (The Guardian)
Meanwhile, the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response said it’s advancing the development of vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus involved in the outbreak.
Citing manufacturing issues, the FDA rejected Sobi’s nanoencapsulated sirolimus plus pegadricase for uncontrolled gout and Lantheus Holdings’ Gallium 68 edotreotide diagnostic imaging kit for neuroendocrine tumors.
The FDA also issued a proposed rule that aims to increase oversight of foreign tobacco makers to prevent unauthorized products, including youth-appealing e-cigarettes, from winding up on U.S. shelves.
Why scratching that bug bite is a bad idea. (AP)
