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Flu-Like Symptoms, Then Amputation; Docs Charge for Emails; Wait List for Psilocybin

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A Tennessee teenager's flu-like symptoms turned out to be a that led to the amputation of his hands and feet. (USA Today)

In Arkansas, officials say a person's was linked with a country club's splash pad. (AP)

The Federal Trade Commission is against improper patent filings.

Apple disputes a French report's finding that its iPhone 12 emits too much radiation, but the company to accommodate the country's testing methods. (Reuters)

The CDC anticipates that hospitalizations during the upcoming respiratory virus season will . (Reuters)

Advice on how to avoid a after a dementia diagnosis. (CNN)

The nation's has almost returned to pre-shortage levels. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Proclaiming "COVID is over," commissioners in Michigan's fastest-growing county are threatening to cut millions of dollars budgeted for . (AP via ABC News)

Meanwhile, a new poll showed that half of all Americans are interested in getting the . (Reuters)

HHS and CDC launched a "bridge access" to ensure for uninsured and underinsured adults.

As more patients , a growing number of health systems have started charging for the service. (KFF Health News)

The next : fentanyl mixed with cocaine or methamphetamine. (NPR)

Fatal overdoses of the powerful sedative have risen in recent years, with a decidedly East-of-the-Mississippi concentration. (Axios)

Organizers of a movement to destigmatize use of the have expanded from two West Virginia counties to all 13 states in Appalachia. (AP)

Although FDA staff and an advisory committee agreed that the widely used decongestant phenylephrine doesn't work, the panel did not find any safety issues with the drugs, according to a from the agency.

Meanwhile, multiple makers and sellers of the decongestant -- including Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Walgreens -- . (Reuters)

Patients and insurers pay nearly in a hospital as compared with an ambulatory surgery center. (Axios)

Oregon's first licensed has a 3,000-person wait list, including people with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, or end-of-life dread. (AP)

Wastewater surveillance activity as well. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

New insights into the of longer life expectancy compared with whites, despite less income and healthcare and more diabetes and obesity. (STAT)

Absent a new employment deal by the end of the month, almost 64,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California, Oregon, and Washington have , which would be the largest-ever of its kind. (USA Today)

California lawmakers passed a bill that would for healthcare workers in the state. (Sacramento Bee)

Hopes for use of -- animal to human -- increased when surgeons removed a genetically engineered pig kidney that functioned successfully for 2 months in a neurologically deceased patient. (AP)

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    Charles Bankhead is senior editor for oncology and also covers urology, dermatology, and ophthalmology. He joined ѻý in 2007.