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Excessive fecal has caused several beaches to close across the U.S. (ABC News)

The FTC opened an , saying the company refuses to take down bogus patents for its inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Washington Post)

A new surgical technique helped people with below-the-knee amputations and with less phantom pain. (Nature Medicine)

Nearly a quarter of Colorado's dairy herds have been . (Colorado Sun)

The U.S. awarded Moderna $176 million to advance the . (Reuters)

Bankrupt Steward Health Care spent millions even as its financial woes mounted, records show. (Boston Globe)

requires a national response, a new Senate report says. (Axios)

Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the in Gaza, was released after 7 months of imprisonment in Israel; he alleged torture. (BBC)

Louisiana has legalized a novel punishment for sex crimes: ; the new law will go into effect next month (NPR)

North Carolina is trying to incentivize hospitals to for middle- and low-income residents. (AP)

With a new revised state law, Minnesotans now to access medical marijuana. (Star Tribune)

Mississippi faces a as lawmakers ramp up attacks on diversity programs. (KFF Health News)

Also in Mississippi: a federal judge that requires drugmakers to discount their products to low-income hospitals' contract pharmacies. (Reuters)

A Johnson & Johnson lawsuit against a scientist over has been dismissed. (Reuters)

NIH launched a phase I trial testing the safety of an investigational that aims to increase protection against new variants.

A Georgia chiropractor admitted to nearly $15 million in related to a kickback scheme involving durable medical equipment, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Kids who faced housing insecurity in childhood had adverse health effects in adolescence, according to .

The Biden administration will invest more than $200 million to help primary care providers , HHS announced.

Umbilical cord milking in non-vigorous infants , a secondary analysis of a randomized trial found. (JAMA Network Open)

Here's why some scientists are calling for more regulation on . (NPR)