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Cancer Warnings on Alcohol? Surge in GI Illnesses; Swab Detects Kids' Asthma Type

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The U.S. Surgeon General issued an is a leading preventable cause of cancer, calling for an update to warning labels on alcohol-containing beverages to now include cancer risk.

In a final push for pandemic preparedness, the Biden administration said it would nearly aimed at averting a potential outbreak of bird flu in humans. (New York Times)

Here's on the development of a new bird flu vaccine. (Time)

An outbreak of gastrointestinal illnesses continues on . (NPR)

Stimulant users are of the opioid epidemic that involves mixing drugs like cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl. (KFF Health News)

The FDA , down from more than 60 in 2023; here is a look at the companies behind them. (Fierce Pharma)

Are certificate-of-need laws of healthcare startups? (Washington Post)

Eli Lilly asked to join in filed by compounding pharmacies against the FDA over the agency's decision that Lilly's weight-loss and diabetes drugs are no longer in short supply. (CNBC)

GLP-1s may be "miracle" drugs, but they . (STAT)

Is for more children getting kidney stones? (Washington Post)

A swab using identified asthma endotypes in young people ages 6 to 20. (JAMA)

Fears about syringe exchanges against a West Virginia HIV outbreak. (KFF Health News)

Nearly 1,000 physicians at four hospitals across New York City, their union said. (ABC 7)

This man is of artificial intelligence in healthcare if President-elect Donald Trump will let him. (Politico)

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, is from her role as the American Medical Association's chief health equity officer. (STAT)

This woman's decades after having them removed at age 5. (CNN)

A healthy and active field geologist often fainted in hot weather, ? (New York Times)

The Osmonds singer and guitarist brother of Donny and Marie, died at age 73. (AP)