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<乌鸦传媒 class="mpt-content-deck">— Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, 乌鸦传媒 September 13, 2023

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A French agency is saying that the and needs to be pulled from the market. (AP)

The White House unveiled for President Biden's "Cancer Moonshot" project and also unveiled a . (Scripps News)

Female surgeons in the U.K. in the operating room, an investigation has found. (BBC News)

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has and will be out for the rest of the season. (NBC News)

Some Colorado residents -- $10 million worth -- thanks to a joint effort by retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton and the group RIP Medical Debt. (AP)

Bennet Omalu, MBBS, the former medical examiner in San Joaquin County, California who became famous for his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy in football players, in the murder trial of Henry Hall. (San Francisco Observer)

Overdose deaths in the U.S. continued to soar . (Washington Post)

Lawmakers in California passed a linked to potential health problems, including red dye No. 3. (NBC News)

Some of the experts on a federal panel that makes recommendations on dietary guidelines , according to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. (STAT)

A Galveston County, Texas man . (click2houston.com)

The FDA is that may be linked to a bone matrix product.

Women in Idaho, Oklahoma, and Tennessee are , alleging that hospitals denied them emergency or medically necessary care. (AP)

Nearly 60% of ambulance rides in 2022 were out of network, according to a .

Ian Wilmut, PhD, the scientist behind the cloning of Dolly the sheep, of complications of Parkinson's disease. (BBC News)

In Florida, a parking garage at a Jacksonville hospital; there were no reported injuries. (Fox 35 News)

A total of in 2022, up slightly from 91.7% in 2021, a report from the Census Bureau found.

The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) marketplace has , leading to a decline in local competition, according to an analysis by the American Medical Association.

A report from Johns Hopkins University and North Carolina's state health plan found that some North Carolina hospitals and not following federal price transparency laws. (News & Observer)

Stryker said its Pangea systems, including Femur, Fibula, Tibia, Humerus, and Utility from the FDA.

Joyce Frieden oversees 乌鸦传媒鈥檚 Washington coverage, including stories about Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, healthcare trade associations, and federal agencies. She has 35 years of experience covering health policy.